noun

  1. show, display, pretensions, appearances, ostentation, vanity.
  2. Messages.kabuki.pose, posture. Usu. 見得.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
見栄 みえ
 
見え みえ
見得 みえ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
flourish, prosperity, honor
エイ さかえ さか.える (4th, N2)
to learn(𦥯) variant
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)