VOCABULARY
見違える
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to look completely different / to misrecognize
fail to recognize, mistake for something else, look completely different (so one fails to recognize it)
verb
Example sentences
久しぶりに会った彼を見違えた。
I didn't recognize him after such a long time.
掃除後の部屋は見違えるほどきれいだ。
The room after cleaning is so clean it looks completely different.
彼女は見違えるほど美しくなった。
She became so beautiful that she looks completely different.
成長した息子を一瞬見違えてしまった。
For a moment I failed to recognize my grown-up son.
Practice exercises
1
髪を切ると、人は見違える。
When people cut their hair, you fail to recognize them.
Answer
見違える見違えます
2
彼は髪型を変えて、別の人かと見違えた。
He changed his hairstyle, and I failed to recognize him, mistaking him for someone else.
Answer
見違えた見違えました
3
昔の友達が大人になって、最初は誰か見違えてしまうほど変わっていた。
My old friend grew up and changed so much that at first I didn't recognize them.
Answer
見違えてしまう見違えてしまいます
4
彼女はダイエットに成功し、すっかり見違えるほどに美しくなった。
She succeeded in her diet and became so beautiful that she looked completely different.
Answer
見違える見違えます
5
長年の努力により、寂れていた町並みが見事に見違えるように変貌した。
Through years of effort, the desolate townscape transformed magnificently, as if it had changed beyond recognition.
Answer
見違える見違えます