I Love Kanji見下ろす (miorosu)
見下ろす (みおろす, miorosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to overlook; to command a view of”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- みおろす
- Romaji
- miorosu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on · godan verb, transitive
- to despise; to look down on · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 見下ろす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 見下ろす | みおろす miorosu |
| Polite (~masu) | 見下ろします | みおろします mioroshimasu |
| Negative | 見下ろさない | みおろさない miorosanai |
| Polite negative | 見下ろしません | みおろしません mioroshimasen |
| Past | 見下ろした | みおろした mioroshita |
| Polite past | 見下ろしました | みおろしました mioroshimashita |
| Negative past | 見下ろさなかった | みおろさなかった miorosanakatta |
| Te-form | 見下ろして | みおろして mioroshite |
| Potential | 見下ろせる | みおろせる mioroseru |
| Passive | 見下ろされる | みおろされる miorosareru |
| Causative | 見下ろさせる | みおろさせる miorosaseru |
| Volitional | 見下ろそう | みおろそう miorosou |
| Imperative | 見下ろせ | みおろせ miorose |
| Conditional (~ba) | 見下ろせば | みおろせば mioroseba |
Kanji in 見下ろす
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 見下ろす.
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Source: JMdict entry 1259370 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.