をる【あしもとをみる】

Frequency rank: 16,994. – 17,057.
    expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); Ichidan verb
  1. to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)idiomatic expressionfrom palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly
Forms
  • をる【あしもとをみる】Frequency rank: 16,994. – 17,057.
  • をる【あしもとをみる】Frequency rank: 46,119. – 47,037.
  • もとをる【あしもとをみる】
  • あしもとをみる
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation)
    2. This expression is used when someone is assessing another person's vulnerability or weakness in order to exploit it for their own benefit.
    Finding the other person's weakness and taking advantage of it is common in the business world.
    Actions that take advantage of the weak are unacceptable.
  2. to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
    3. This usage refers to evaluating someone's situation or character, often to determine how to interact with them, such as pricing a product based on their perceived ability to pay.
    The shop assistant sized up the customer to set the price.
    He is good at sizing up what kind of person the other is.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to be taken advantage ofopportunistic business practiceようpredatory (in terms of business)intention to take advantageattitude of taking advantageto be able to size up a situationin order to take advantageto raise the price by sizing up the customerto be cautious of one's footing (in a metaphorical sense)to shop with an awareness of one's situation
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