見習う

みならう · minarau · JLPT N1 · verb-godan

to follow another's example

見 (see) + 習う (practice): to learn by watching and copying how someone else does it, so 見習う means following their example.

見習う combines 見る (to look, observe) with 習う (to learn, practise). You look closely at someone, then copy what they do.

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