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Grammar detail: 〜にしては

〜にしては  considering that
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noun
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にしては
means
considering that ~
,
yet
etc.
しちがつ
7月
して
きょう
今日
すずしい
It's cool today for July.
この
まちが
間違
のぞ
いて
かれ
にしてはなかなか
じょうず
上手
けている
じゃない
Other than this error he's written this pretty well, right?
むかし
から
みなと
にしてはかなり
あたら
しく
えます

It looks quite new for a port that has been around since the old days.
ちゅうこしゃ
中古車
してこの
ねだん
値段
やや
たか

The price is kind of high for a used car.
あじ
ほう
しょしんしゃ
初心者
にしては
わる
なかった
For a beginner, the flavor was not bad.
Note: in some sentences it is easy to confuse this construction with others which include にして, such as the 〜ていけない (must not ~) construction applied to the verb する. The て form of する is して, and the 'must not' construction often has a ’は’ inserted between the て and the い, so it becomes
〜してはいけない
. For example,
バカにしてはいけない
means '(you) must not make fun of', rather than 'considering that (he's) an idiot'!
Another potentially confusing situation is the use of に + して to mean simply 'doing ~', as in for example:
こんや
今夜
がいしょく
外食
してどう
How about dining out tonight?
Here, the に indicates that 'dining' is the object, the て form of する means 'doing ~' (so 'dining'), and the は denotes the prior clause as the topic. So this sentence means 'how about dining out' as opposed to 'considering the act of dining out, how would that be?'
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Kanji used in this grammar

ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
コン   キン   いま now   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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イ   different   ちが to be different   ちがえる to change, alter, vary   
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ジ   ジョ   のぞ to exclude; to remove   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
ショ   か to write   
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セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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コウ   みなと harbour, port   
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シン   あたらしい    あら    にい- new   
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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シャ   くるま car   
チ   ね    あたい price, value   
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ダン    grade, step, stairs   
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コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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シン   こころ heart   
シャ   もの person, someone   
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アク   オ   わる bad   
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ヤ   よる    よ night   
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ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はず to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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