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一いっ見けん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. look; glimpse; glance
I understood it the moment I took a glance.
Adverb
2. apparently; seemingly; at first glance; on the face of it
At first glance, it looks like they are having a conversation, but it is not actually a conversation.
Archaic
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
3. first meeting
Kanji used
一
one
見
see
Pitch accent
い
っけん
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Conjugations...Used in: 3260
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
at a glance; at first sight
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
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Examples (13 in total)
I understood it the moment I took a glance.
It seems contradictory at first glance.
Boston is worth seeing.
At first glance, she looks like nothing but an ordinary girl.
It is a sound argument and appears efficient at first glance.
I knew at a glance that he was an honest man.
That place is certainly worth seeing.
It's worth a look, if only as something to talk about.
At first sight, he seemed kind and gentle.
At first glance, it is a commonplace and plain ability, but I am convinced that it will serve as a trump card.
It was a piece of writing that, while appearing simple at first glance, was quite ingenious.
I have heard that the mind is more dangerous when it appears to be stable.
This, appearing at first glance to be perfectly obvious, is actually very difficult.