見つめ合う – Vocabulary details

見みつめ合あう

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)

1. to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)

お互たがいに微ほほ笑えみを浮うかべて見みつめ合あう。They gaze at each other with smiles on their faces.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

見

see

合

come together

Pitch accent
⚠

み

つめあ

う

Conjugations...Used in: 1785

Composed of

見み

looking; viewing; (please) try (to)

つめ

stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge

合あう

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

Examples (6 in total)

会かい話わが止とまり、無む言ごんで見みつめ合あう。

The conversation stopped, and they stared at each other in silence.

お互たがいに微ほほ笑えみを浮うかべて見みつめ合あう。

They gaze at each other with smiles on their faces.

トムとメアリーは見みつめ合あってキスをした。

Tom and Mary looked into each other's eyes and kissed.

何なにも言いわず、私わたし達たちは見みつめ合あって小ちいさく笑わらった。

Without saying anything, we looked at each other and smiled slightly.

アラン・テイートさんと私わたしはしばらくの間あいだお互たがいに見みつめ合あった。

Alan Tate and I looked at one another for a while.

そうして正しょう面めんから見みつめ合あうと、背せ丈たけの差さを意い識しきする。

And when we look at each other from the front, I become aware of the difference in our heights.