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A5 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

()()てるto select, to choose, to diagnose (an illness), to judge, to liken to something else, to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror), to see someone off, to look after, to be (someone's) guardian, to underrate, to look down on, to underestimate (someone)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

      1.

      to (see and) choose, to select

    2. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

      2.

      to diagnose (as)

    3. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

      3.

      to judge, to estimate

    4. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

      4.

      to liken (to), to compare (to), to imagine (something) as, to treat as

    All Forms

    見立てる 【みたてる】見たてる 【みたてる】

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      医師(いし)余命(よめい)半年(はんとし)見立(みた)てられた。

      The doctor diagnosed that I have six months to live.

        選挙(せんきょ)競馬(けいば)見立(みた)てて解説(かいせつ)しましょう!

        Let's liken the election to horse racing and explain it!

          その医師(いし)は、(はは)肺炎(はいえん)があると見立(みた)てました。

          The doctor diagnosed my mother with pneumonia.

            医者(いしゃ)見立(みた)てたところでは軽傷(けいしょう)()き、ホッとしている。

            I am relieved to hear that the doctor's diagnosis is that it's a minor injury.

              荒川(あらかわ)見立(みた)てた(かわ)を、庭園(ていえん)(ちゅう)(ちい)さな(かわ)再現(さいげん)してみました。

              We tried to recreate a stream in the garden likened to the Arakawa River.

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