JLPT N3 · Noun

見送り (miokuri)

見送り (みおくり, miokuri) is a Japanese noun meaning “seeing (someone) off; send-off”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: みおくり
Romaji: miokuri
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

seeing (someone) off; send-off · noun
deferment; postponement; shelving · noun
letting a pitch go by · noun
wait-and-see attitude · noun

Example sentences

私は空港へ母を見送りに行った。

I went to the airport to see my mother off.

Tatoeba #157528

政府が今国会への改正案提出の見送り方針を固めたことを歓迎する一方、小泉首相が提出断念を明言していない点を警戒する声も上がった。

While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.

Tatoeba #75961

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

Kanji in 見送り

見

see, hopes, chancesケン・み.る・み.える · 7 strokes

送

escort, sendソウ・おく.る · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 見送り.

見るみるto see見せるみせるto show意見いけんopinion拝見はいけんseeing花見はなみcherry blossom viewing見物けんぶつsightseeing見えるみえるto be seen見つけるみつけるto find見つかるみつかるto be foundお見舞いおみまいvisit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)見解けんかいopinion見当けんとうestimate見事みごとsplendid発見はっけんdiscovery

Source: JMdict entry 1259820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.