看破

Chinese

 
to see; to look at; to look after
to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think
 
to break; to split; broken
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
simp. and trad.
(看破)
看 破

Pronunciation


Verb

看破

  1. to see through something
  2. to be resigned to what is inevitable

Synonyms

  • (to see through something):
  • (to be resigned): (literary) 勘破 (kānpò)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
看 破
かん
Grade: 6
は > ぱ
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

看(かん)破(ぱ) • (kanpa) 

  1. seeing through (e.g. someone's lies), reading (e.g. thoughts), penetrating, detecting

Verb

看(かん)破(ぱ)する • (kanpa suru) suru (stem 看(かん)破(ぱ)し (kanpa shi), past 看(かん)破(ぱ)した (kanpa shita))

  1. Same as above.
    敵(かたき)の計略(けいりゃく)を看破(かんぱ)する
    kataki no keiryaku o kanpa suru
    to see through enemy's plan
    Synonyms: 見破る (miyaburu), 見抜く (minuku)

Conjugation

References

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