Hanamaruhanamaru

ちょう

butterfly

chou

JLPT
N4
Frequency
#10,008

Meanings

  1. 1
    butterflyn

JMdict 1429010

In a sentence

みて見てlookちょうちょ蝶々butterfly

Look, a butterfly!

How it works

Two quick bursts joined by a comma. 見てみて (look) is the (te-form) of 見るみる (to look) used on its own as a casual “look!” — the te-form can stand alone as a soft command between friends. Then the noun 蝶々ちょうちょ (butterfly) is simply thrown out by itself, no verb needed: pointing and naming what you see.

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