見み返かえり

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

reward; compensation; something given in return

Used for a benefit, payment, favor, or repayment received in exchange for something. Common in the pattern 見返りに, meaning 'in return for' or 'in exchange for.'

彼かれは見み返かえりを求もとめずに人ひとを助たすける。
He helps people without asking for anything in return.
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I received an honorarium in return for my cooperation.

2

noun

collateral; security

Limited financial or legal use for property or a guarantee offered as security. In ordinary modern speech, 担保 is the more direct word for 'collateral.'

金きん融ゆう関かん係けいの文ぶん書しょでは、「見み返かえり」が担たん保ぽや保ほ証しょうを指さすことがある。
In financial documents, 見返り can refer to collateral or security.

3

noun

turning to look back; looking over one's shoulder

A noun use for the action or pose of turning around to look behind; often encountered in descriptions of poses, pictures, or figures.

写しゃ真しんでは、彼かの女じょが見み返かえりのポーズを取とっている。
In the photograph, she is posing while looking back over her shoulder.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
返return, answer, fade

Similar words

報ほう酬しゅう
Means payment or remuneration for work; 見返り is broader and emphasizes something received in exchange for an action or favor.
お返かえし
A return gift or repayment, often in everyday social situations; 見返り can sound more transactional and may refer to expected benefit or compensation.
担たん保ぽ
The standard modern term for collateral or security in finance; 見返り in that sense is more limited and context-dependent.
振ふり返かえり
Often means looking back physically or reviewing past events; 見返り specifically covers a backward-looking pose, and more commonly means a reward or return.

Etymology

Noun form related to 見返る, combining 見る 'to see' with 返る 'to turn back/return.' The physical sense is 'turning to look back'; the reward or compensation sense is a semantic extension of something coming back in return.