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拝見

はいけん

N3to view respectfully · to examine respectfully

Examples

先生の新しい作品を拝見しました。

お送りいただいた資料を拝見してから返事します。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 拝見, read はいけん, denotes a humble expression for the speaker’s own act of seeing or examining.
  • Basic usage: It humbly describes seeing a teacher’s work or reviewing materials received from someone.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • A humble form of seeing
    • It is a humble expression lowering the speaker’s act of seeing, not an honorific describing the other person’s action.

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