Way Of Seeing
Point Of View, Perspective, Way Of Looking At
noun
Your seeing way is your way of seeing something. This is like when someone has a dumb opinion and you're like, "Oh, okay, so that's one way of seeing it...”
Note that while 見方 often refers to someone's point of view or perspective, it can also be used to simply talk about the way of looking at something — a chart or a map, for example.
The reading for this vocab is all kun'yomi. You learned 見's kun'yomi reading when you learned the kanji, but since the 方 reading wasn't the main one you learned, here's a mnemonic to help it stick:
You've been told your way of seeing things is a little narrow, so in order to gain a broader perspective, you decide to catapult (かた) yourself into the air. That'll certainly give you a new and interesting point of view.
見方がちがう
to see things differently
見方がかわる
to be seen in a different light
見方が分かる
to know how to analyze something
見方をかえる
to change one's perspective
見方をおしえる
to teach someone how to interpret something
見方を広げる
to broaden one's perspective
チャートの見方
how to look at a chart
ニュースの見方
how to watch the news
一つの見方
one way to look at something
このチャートの見方、分かる？
Do you know how to look at this chart?
その見方は正しい。
That perspective is valid.
他の見方をすれば、人生の半分はエレベーターみたいなものだ。
If you see it from a different point of view, half of life is like an elevator.