見み下おろす

みおろす miorosu

to overlook
to command a view of
to look down on something

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

俯视；轻视

Examples

Furigana

その建物たてものから町まち全ぜん体たいが見み下おろせる。
The building looks down on the whole town.
从那栋建筑可以俯瞰整个城镇。
Tatoeba #211050
男おとこの子こは妹いもうとを見み下おろしがちである。
Boys tend to look down on their younger sisters.
男孩往往轻视妹妹。
Tatoeba #127233

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a104cae099'); // 見下ろす

{
  "id": "a104cae099",
  "word": "見下ろす",
  "reading": "みおろす",
  "romaji": "miorosu",
  "meanings": [
    "to overlook",
    "to command a view of",
    "to look down on something"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1259370,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その建物から町全体が見下ろせる。",
      "furigana": "その{建物|たてもの}から{町|まち}{全体|ぜんたい}が{見下|みお}ろせる。",
      "en": "The building looks down on the whole town.",
      "tatoeba_id": 211050
    },
    {
      "ja": "男の子は妹を見下ろしがちである。",
      "furigana": "{男|おとこ}の{子|こ}は{妹|いもうと}を{見下|みお}ろしがちである。",
      "en": "Boys tend to look down on their younger sisters.",
      "tatoeba_id": 127233
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "2c9ea121316b28dcdfc999efefc8e4ac7c1f30b9e170771387573c06d5d54f71",
    "meanings": [
      "俯视",
      "轻视"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その建物から町全体が見下ろせる。",
        "zh": "从那栋建筑可以俯瞰整个城镇。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "男の子は妹を見下ろしがちである。",
        "zh": "男孩往往轻视妹妹。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/a104cae099",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1259370; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "3cd6e72a9b6f576ff81556fa9d937cece49512cc561ae0a7c32a4b8a81634379"
  }
}