JLPT N1 Advanced
見違える
To look completely different or be unrecognizable (usually for the better)
Readings
Other forms
見違えます polite form
見違えた plain past
見違えるほど common pattern: "so... that it's unrecognizable"
見違えるようだ common pattern: "as if it's unrecognizable"
Verb (Ichidan)
To look completely different / To be unrecognizable
Refers to a dramatic and usually positive transformation that makes someone or something difficult to identify as their former self.
Example
久しぶり に 会った 彼女 は 、 見違える ほど きれい に なって いた 。
When I saw her for the first time in a while, she had become so beautiful I almost didn't recognize her.
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