様子見 | Japanese meaning

様子見【ようすみ】

Frequency rank: 8,049. – 8,058.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

Forms

様子見【ようすみ】Frequency rank: 8,049. – 8,058.
ようすみ

Generated definitions (experimental)

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

This meaning is used when someone decides to observe a situation without making immediate decisions or actions, often to gather more information before taking the next step.

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I will wait and see how things develop from now on.

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It's necessary to watch the developments before making a concrete plan.

Generated collocations (experimental)

to wait and seewait-and-see attitudeto watch the situation before actingto decide to wait and seeto continue to wait and seewait-and-see statemarket watch-and-seewaiting period to assess the situationwaiting to see is necessaryto carefully watch and wait

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

なりゆき成り行きやじょうきょう状況をみまもる見守ること．.

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Example sentences

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Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.

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