Word details

見て見ぬふり

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 見て見ぬふり.

Dictionary

Entry

見て見ぬふり見て見ぬ振りみてみぬふりNounExpressionFreq #18699
1

pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way

Examples
あるものを見て見ぬふりをすればそれを無視しているのである。
If you turn a blind eye to something, you ignore it.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

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

shake, wave, wag, swing

10 strokesFrequency 614JLPT N1Grade 8

On

シン

Kun

ふ.るふ.れるふ.るう

Nanori

ふり

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