見返す

to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending)

Meaning

  1. v5svt
    to look (stare) back at (someone)
  2. v5svt
    to look at again; to re-examine
  3. v5svt
    to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to get one's own back
  4. v5svi
    to look back (behind oneself)

Example sentences

  • I stared back at her in surprise.

  • Tom looked at the price tag once again.

  • I kind of like looking back at my sentences to check which languages they were translated into.