見据える

• 読み: みすえる
• ローマ字: misueru
• 漢字の分解: 見 (mi/ken) — to look, see; 据 (su/kyo) — to set, fix, install
• 発音: /mi.sɯ.e.ɾɯ/

意味

To stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to look squarely at. Also used figuratively for confronting reality or looking ahead to the future.

A Group 2 (ichidan) transitive verb. Has both a physical meaning (staring intently) and a widely used figurative meaning (facing facts or looking toward the future with determination). The pattern 将来を見据えて (looking ahead to the future) is extremely common in business and political speech.

例文

1. 将来を見据えた投資を始めるべきだ。
2. 彼は相手の目を見据えて話した。
3. 現実を見据えて計画を立て直す必要がある。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, planning, confrontation

トーン: resolute

起源と歴史

Compound of 見 (to look) and 据える (to set/fix in place). Together they convey the image of fixing one's gaze firmly on a target — not looking away from what must be faced.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Professional