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JLPT N1 · Expression

ごらんなさい (gorannasai)

ごらんなさい is a Japanese expression meaning “(please) look”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
ごらんなさい
Romaji
gorannasai
Word class
Expression
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. (please) look · expression · honorific, polite
  2. see · expression · used to emphasize that an earlier prediction was correct
  3. (please) try to do · auxiliary verb · honorific, polite, usually written in kana · after the -te form of a verb

Example sentences

こちらへやってくる少年とその犬をごらんなさい。
Look at the boy and his dog that are coming this way.
Tatoeba #224144
ほらごらんなさい。長くなかったでしょ。
There! That wasn't long, was it?
Tatoeba #195954
受付で聞いてご覧なさい。
Please ask at the information desk.
Tatoeba #148364

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1270770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.