なりをみる

English translation: To see what we are like

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Japanese term or phrase:	なりをみる
English translation:	To see what we are like
Entered by:	Shannon Morales

15:22 Sep 26, 2006

Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Media / Multimedia / press briefing

Japanese term or phrase: なりをみる

This seems to be a quite general phrase; I just don't know it and can't seem to find it, partly because 「なり」is only in hiragana. It appears in a company president's speech stating the reason for an informal press briefing（懇談会）: "The management team of the new company と、なりをみていただきたい"。Thanks in advance for the help!

Shannon Morales KudoZ activity Questions: 160 (none open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 101 United States
Local time: 14:52

To see what we are like

Explanation:
It seems this is what they mean from the context.

Selected response from:

michiko tsum (X)
Canada
Local time: 12:52

Grading comment

Thanks very much. I went with "get to know" for the sake of brevity, but "see what we are (he/she is, etc.) like" also sounds nice. Arigatou gozaimashita!
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Summary of answers provided

3 +3

To see what we are like

michiko tsum (X)

(1) found out about their personalities or (2) see the makeup of their personalities

humbird

see how things go(get a feel for)

Roger Johnson

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

26 mins confidence:

see how things go(get a feel for)

Explanation:
maybe "see how things get along... "something like 様子を見る but I`m not sure(confident)

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Note added at 36 mins (2006-09-26 15:58:28 GMT)
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you could also "go with the flow" but probably sound to unsophisticated even for an informal speech!!

Roger Johnson
Local time: 04:52
Native speaker of:

English

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

To see what we are like

Explanation:
It seems this is what they mean from the context.

michiko tsum (X)
Canada
Local time: 12:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Japanese
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks very much. I went with "get to know" for the sake of brevity, but "see what we are (he/she is, etc.) like" also sounds nice. Arigatou gozaimashita!

6 hrs confidence:

(1) found out about their personalities or (2) see the makeup of their personalities

Explanation:
Two assumptions can be made here:

1) 当社の経営陣の人となりをみていただきたいと
Here **、** is a typo and unnecessary.
OR
2) 当社の経営陣の人と、（その）なりをみていただきたいと
Here I am assuming the **、** is not a typo and could be a ligitimate part of the sentence.
Both 1) and 2) are grammatically correct, although the latter is a bit odd as it says なりをみる, which normally means "how a person is dressing up", namely なり=服装.
On the other hand, なり could be equal to **personal inclination, characters, despositions** in this case.
In any event usage 2) is unnatural and uncommon. I believe this comma is typo.

Now, 人となりをみる is a common cliche. See below examples from Glova.
You see 人となり means "personality" and/or "character"

まぁ着いたから、人となりを自分を確かめることだね。 But here we are, and you must form your own impressions about him.
K教授の人となりを慕って多くの学生が受講を希望した。 Many students tried to sign up for Professor K's lecture course because they admired him as a person.
その家のインテリアには彼の人となりがにじみ出ている。 The interior of that house reveals his personality.

humbird
Native speaker of:

Japanese,

English
PRO pts in category: 7

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for the explanation and examples. It helped me to understand the phrase better.

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