眺める

ながめる · nagameru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan

to gaze at

👀🏞️ naga-me-ru = naga (長, long) + me (目, eye): a long look

The kanji 眺 has the eye radical 目 on its left. The reading is often traced to 長目, a long eye, which fits the meaning: 眺める is to take a long, unhurried look at something, like scenery or a view from a window.

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