観
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. look; appearance
2. spectacle; sight
3. observation meditation
Suffix
4. outlook on ...; view of ...
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かん
Used in vocabulary
世界観
worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe
Noun
日銀短観
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
Noun
観自在
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Noun
平等観
viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought; contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness
Noun
Examples4
これ
This is Japan as Americans see it.
私
I'm amused by his idea of leisure.
新教徒
This attitude, the Protestant work ethic, still influences Americans today.
彼
I suggested to her that we go to the movies after he came home.