見み返かえり

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Meanings

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.
協きょう力りょくの見み返かえりに、謝しゃ礼れいを受うけ取とった。
I received an honorarium in return for my cooperation.

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.

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.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の見み返かえりにin return for; in exchange for〈something〉
彼かれは情じょう報ほう提てい供きょうの見み返かえりに金かねをもらった。
He received money in exchange for providing information.
見み返かえりを求もとめるto seek a reward or compensation in return
彼かの女じょは何なんの見み返かえりも求もとめずに手伝てつだってくれた。
She helped out without seeking anything in return.
見み返かえりとして〈物もの〉を渡わたすto hand over〈something〉as compensation
会かい社しゃは協きょう力りょくの見み返かえりとして株かぶを渡わたした。
The company handed over shares as compensation for the cooperation.

Kanji

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

Related words

報ほう酬しゅうN1sense 1
報酬 refers specifically to payment or remuneration for work, while 見返り is broader and can describe any benefit received in exchange for an action or favor.
担たん保ぽN1sense 2
担保 is the standard modern financial term for collateral, while 見返り in this sense is more limited and context-dependent.
お返かえし sense 1
お返し is a return gift or repayment in everyday social contexts, whereas 見返り sounds more transactional, implying an expected reward or compensation.
対たい価か
見返り is a more casual, everyday word for something given back in return, while 対価 is formal and typically used in legal or business writing.

Don't confuse with

振ふり返かえるN2sense 3
振り返る is the common verb for physically turning around to look back, while 見返り is the noun form used for a backward-looking pose or, more often, a reward received in exchange for something.
見み返かえし
見返し is the endpaper of a book, a garment facing, or the act of looking back/getting even, while 見返り (from 見返る) means a reward or return given in exchange for something.
寝ね返がえりN1
見返り (a return favor or kickback) is easily confused with 寝返り in writing and sound, but the meanings are unrelated.

Word family

見み返かえり品ひん
collateral security
見み返かえり物ぶっ資し
collateral goods; goods given in return
見み返かえり資し金きん
collateral fund; counterpart fund

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.