見世物 みせもの misemono N1 #15,053 Meanings also 見せ物 noun, historical misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds show; exhibition; spectacle; freakshow; side show Its kanji 見 ケン · み.る、み.える、み.せる see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible 世 セイ、セ、ソウ · よ generation, world, society, public 物 ブツ、モツ · もの、もの- thing, object, matter