見
ケン
み.る • み.える • み.せる
see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible
Words
聞いて極楽見て地獄
きいてごくらくみてじごく
- don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight exp proverb
盗人を捕らえて見れば我が子なり
ぬすびとをとらえてみればわがこなり
- the doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son exp proverb
声はすれども姿は見えず
こえはすれどもすがたはみえず
- it's audible but invisible; I hear voices but I can't see anybody exp quote
人を見て法を説く
ひとをみてほうをとく にんをみてほうをとく
- to suit one's speech to the audience exp v5k
人を見たら泥棒と思え
ひとをみたらどろぼうとおもえ
- don't trust strangers; always assume the worst (of people) exp proverb