見かけ

みかけ

outward appearance

JLPT N2

Details

Part of Speech:: Noun
Romaji:: mikake

Example Sentences

外見が良くても、見かけが良くても、性格が悪い人とは友達になりたくない。

Even if someone has a good outward appearance, even if they look good, if their personality is bad, I don't want to be friends with them.

見かけは派手な人でも、実際はとても真面目な人もいるし、逆に、見かけが地味な人でも、実際はとても面白い人もいる。

Even though someone has a flashy appearance, they might be very serious in reality. Conversely, someone with a plain appearance might be very interesting in reality.