Meaning

Primary

To Stare At

Alternatives

To Look At, To View, To Gaze At

Word Type

transitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means stare and the verb vocab version is to stare at (or to look at in a very staringish way).

Reading

ながめる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

To learn the reading, just think about how you're looking at something for a lonnnnng time if you're staring at it. In Japanese the word "long" is 長い, and guess what the reading of the kanji part is? It's なが, just like ながめる's kanji-part reading.

Context

Context Sentences

うちの甥っ子は新幹線を見るのが好きで、一日中眺めていることもできます。

My nephew likes watching the Shinkansen so much that he can stare at it all day long.

Kanji Composition