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大目に見る

おおめにみる

to overlook, to be lenient

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Examples

  1. 今回は大目に見よう。

    こんかいはおおめにみよう。

    I will let it go this time.

  2. 小さな失敗は大目に見てください。

    ちいさなしっぱいはおおめにみてください。

    Please be lenient about small mistakes.

  3. 新人だから大目に見てもらえた。

    しんじんだからおおめにみてもらえた。

    They went easy on me because I was new.

  4. 一度だけなら大目に見るが、二度目は許さない。

    いちどだけならおおめにみるが、にどめはゆるさない。

    I'll overlook it once, but there will be no second time.

Common patterns

大目に見てください
please go easy on me
今回だけ大目に見る
to let it pass just this once
失敗を大目に見る
to overlook a mistake

Memory tip

Look with a 'large eye' — a coarse mesh that lets small faults slip through. It presumes you have the standing to judge, so it is what a senior says about a junior's slip, not something you grant your own boss.

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