見渡す

• 読み: みわたす
• ローマ字: miwatasu
• 漢字の分解: 見 (mi/ken) — to look, see; 渡 (wata/to) — to cross, pass over
• 発音: /mi.ɰa.ta.sɯ/

意味

To look out over; to survey a scene; to take in a wide view. Implies scanning a broad area with one's eyes.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb. Compound of 見 (to look) and 渡す (to pass across). Conveys looking across an entire area or landscape. Often used with scenic views, but also figuratively to mean surveying a situation or assessing the full picture.

例文

1. 展望台から街を見渡すと、遠くに海が見えた。
2. 教室を見渡したが、彼女の姿はなかった。
3. 見渡す限り一面の雪景色だった。

使い方ガイド

場面: scenery, observation, assessment

トーン: descriptive

起源と歴史

Compound of 見 (to look) and 渡す (to pass/send across). The combined meaning is to pass one's gaze across an expanse.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal