見様見真似
Meanings
Expression
Noun
1. learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example
Other spellings
見よう見まね見よう見真似
Kanji used
Pitch accent
みようみまね
Composed of
Examples2
彼 は 見よう見まね で ゴルフ を 覚えた。
He learned golf by watching others and following their example.
見よう見真似 で こんな 出来 の いい プログラム を 書いた ん だって。 すごい な。
It's incredible that you could write such a well-designed program after just picking up programming by imitation.