睨む
にらむ
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-mu), Transitive
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at- to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
- to estimate; to guess; to suspect; to judge
- to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person); to watch
- to take account of; to take into consideration
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 睨むにらむ | 睨みますにらみます |
| Negative | 睨まないにらまない | 睨みませんにらみません |
| Past | 睨んだにらんだ | 睨みましたにらみました |
| Past negative | 睨まなかったにらまなかった | 睨みませんでしたにらみませんでした |
| Te-form | 睨んでにらんで |
|---|---|
| Potential | 睨めるにらめる |
| Passive | 睨まれるにらまれる |
| Causative | 睨ませるにらませる |
| Volitional | 睨もうにらもう |
| Imperative | 睨めにらめ |
| Conditional (ば) | 睨めばにらめば |
| Conditional (たら) | 睨んだらにらんだら |
Example sentences
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The girl staring back at me was angry.
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A vampire can paralyze people just by looking at them.
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The bus driver glared at us for shouting.
審判の方をちらりと睨むが、審判は涼しい顔して鼻クソをほじっていやがった。「ちくしょう、八百長かよ・・・」
I shot a look in the referee's direction, but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"
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He stared at me.