見物

けんぶつ · kenbutsu · JLPT N4 · noun

sightseeing

🗺️📷 見物 = see (見) + thing (物): going to see the things

見 (ken) means to see and 物 (butsu) means thing, so sightseeing is literally thing-seeing. Flip the kanji and you get 物見 (monomi), an older word with the same sense. Sound hook: Ken boots up to tour the town.

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