見なす

みなす · minasu · JLPT N1 · verb-godan

to regard

見 (see) + なす (do/make): to see something and make it into a judgment, i.e. to regard it as

見なす is 'see' + 'make/do': you look at something and decide what it counts as. Sounds like 'mina-su', think 'see it as'.

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