見比べる・見較べる|みくらべるmikuraberu[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
見比べる見比べる(みくらべる) is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners; use it when writing this word.
見較べる見較べる(みくらべる) is a rarely used kanji-and-kana variant of 見比べる(みくらべる), so learners will seldom need to choose it.
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto compare with the eye; to judge by comparison
    The police compared the fingerprints on the gun with those on the door.
  2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto take into consideration; to bear in mind
Conjugation
Dictionary form見比べる(みくらべる)
Polite (masu)見比べます(みくらべます)
Negative (nai)見比べない(みくらべない)
polite (masen)見比べません(みくらべません)
classical zu / nu見比べず・見比べぬ(みくらべず・みくらべぬ)
Past (ta)見比べた(みくらべた)
polite (mashita)見比べました(みくらべました)
Past negative (nakatta)見比べなかった(みくらべなかった)
polite (masen deshita)見比べませんでした(みくらべませんでした)
Te form見比べて(みくらべて)
Potential見比べられる(みくらべられる)
Passive見比べられる(みくらべられる)
Causative見比べさせる(みくらべさせる)
Causative passive見比べさせられる(みくらべさせられる)
Conditional (ba)見比べれば(みくらべれば)
tara見比べたら(みくらべたら)
Volitional見比べよう(みくらべよう)
polite (mashou)見比べましょう(みくらべましょう)
Imperative見比べろ(みくらべろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym比較ひかくNeutralNeutral. A broad, general word for comparison; 「見比べる」 is mainly comparing by eye, and can also mean weighing other factors when judging.
  • Synonym照らし合わせるてらしあわせるNeutralNeutral: checking one thing against another, as in 「資料と照らし合わせる」, to confirm they match; 「見比べる」 focuses on seeing differences.
  • Related照査しょうさWrittenWritten/formal prose: verifying content against a standard or original text, for formal checks. 「見比べる」 stresses seeing differences side by side; the emphasis differs.
  • Related読み合わせるよみあわせるWrittenWritten/formal prose: reading two documents aloud to check they match; used for proofreading. 「見比べる」 compares by eye, not by reading aloud.

Use 「見比べる」 for comparing several things side by side with the eye, as in 「二つの商品を見比べる」. For comparison in general say 「比較」; for checking against something say 「照らし合わせる」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 二ふたつ以上いじょうのものを並ならべて、目めで見みて違ちがいや良し悪よしあしを判断はんだんする。
  2. ものごとを判断はんだんするときに、他たの事柄ことがらも一緒いっしょに考かんがえる。
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