JLPT N1 · Verb

見合わせる (miawaseru)

見合わせる (みあわせる, miawaseru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to exchange glances; to look at each other”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
みあわせる
Romaji
miawaseru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to exchange glances; to look at each other · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to postpone; to put off; to withhold; to abandon · ichidan verb, transitive
  3. to contrast; to compare · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

ガラクタを見て、彼らは互いに顔を見合わせました。
They looked at the rubbish, then they looked at each other.

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

Conjugation of 見合わせる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary見合わせるみあわせる miawaseru
Polite (~masu)見合わせますみあわせます miawasemasu
Negative見合わせないみあわせない miawasenai
Polite negative見合わせませんみあわせません miawasemasen
Past見合わせたみあわせた miawaseta
Polite past見合わせましたみあわせました miawasemashita
Negative past見合わせなかったみあわせなかった miawasenakatta
Te-form見合わせてみあわせて miawasete
Potential見合わせられるみあわせられる miawaserareru
Passive見合わせられるみあわせられる miawaserareru
Causative見合わせさせるみあわせさせる miawasesaseru
Volitional見合わせようみあわせよう miawaseyou
Imperative見合わせろみあわせろ miawasero
Conditional (~ba)見合わせればみあわせれば miawasereba

Kanji in 見合わせる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 見合わせる.

Source: JMdict entry 1259570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.