Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.), to see into (someone's mind), to read (someone's true feelings), to penetrate.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
見透かす みすかす
 
 
 
見すかす みすかす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
transparent, permeate, filter
トウ とう.る す.く (Early Jr. High, N1)
excel, excellence, beauty
シュウ ひで ひい.でる (Early Jr. High, N1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
from, possessive particle, whereupon
ノ の すなわ.ち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)