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甘く見る

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 甘く見る.

Dictionary

Entry

甘く見るあまくみるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #10121
1

to not take seriously; to take lightly

Examples
世間を甘くみるな!
Don't kid yourself.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary

5 strokesFrequency 1,248JLPT N2Grade 8

On

カン

Kun

あま.いあま.えるあま.やかすうま.い

Nanori

かも

see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

7 strokesFrequency 22JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ケン

Kun

み.るみ.えるみ.せる

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