いっけん – Vocabulary details

いっけん

Noun

Verb (する)

1. look; glimpse; glance

Adverb

2. apparently; seemingly; at first glance; on the face of it

Archaic

Noun

Verb (する)

3. first meeting

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seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words

at a glance; at first sight

well-informed opinion

ボストンはいっけんの価か値ちありだよ。

Boston is worth seeing.

私わたしはいっけんして彼かれが正しょう直じき者ものだとわかった。

I knew at a glance that he was an honest man.

あの場ば所しょは確たしかにいっけんの価か値ちありですよ。

That place is certainly worth seeing.

いっけん、彼かれは親しん切せつで優やさしい人ひとのようだった。

At first sight, he seemed kind and gentle.

このいっけん、あたりまえのように見みえることが、実じつは難むずかしいのである。

This, appearing at first glance to be perfectly obvious, is actually very difficult.

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