Definition of 百聞一見如
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(n, vs) look; glimpse; glance
あの店、一見さんでも入れるのかな。
I wonder if that restaurant accepts unfamiliar customers. -
(vs) to glance; to glimpse
一見して、父のどこか具合が悪いことがわかった。
I saw at a glance that there was something the matter with my father. - first meeting
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(adv) apparently; seemingly
この問題は一見簡単そうだが実は難しい。
This problem seems to be easy on the surface, but it's really difficult.
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
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(n) hearing a hundred times
百聞は一見に如かず。
Seeing is believing.
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) first visit to inn, restaurant, etc. without an introduction
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)