見破る

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
やぶ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 看破 (みやぶ) (miyaburu)

Etymology

Compound of  () (mi, seeing) +  (やぶ) (yaburu, to break, destroy, tear).

Pronunciation

Verb

見破る (godan conjugation, hiragana みやぶる, rōmaji miyaburu)

  1. to see through (a plot, a lie, etc.)
    正体 (しょうたい)見破 (みやぶ)
    shōtai o miyaburu
    to uncover and see the truth (true nature of something)

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Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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