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見据える

みすえる

to look ahead to, to fix eyes on

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Examples

  1. 将来を見据えて投資する。

    しょうらいをみすえてとうしする。

    We invest with an eye to the future.

  2. 彼は相手の目をじっと見据えた。

    かれはあいてのめをじっとみすえた。

    He fixed his gaze steadily on the other person's eyes.

  3. 十年後を見据えた計画が必要だ。

    じゅうねんごをみすえたけいかくがひつようだ。

    We need a plan that looks ten years ahead.

Common patterns

将来を見据える
to look to the future
先を見据えて
with an eye on what lies ahead
目を見据える
to fix one's eyes on

Memory tip

据える means to set something down firmly, so 見据える is a gaze planted in one spot and not moving. That steadiness carries into the business use: 将来を見据えた means planning with the distant point held in view.

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