見る
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[edit] Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
| 見 |
[edit] Verb
見る (ichidan conjugation, hiragana みる, romaji miru)
- to see, to watch, to observe, to look at something
- to look over, to examine, to judge
- to take care of, to look after, to keep an eye on somebody
- to view something, like paintings, flowers or a movie
- (usually after the -て form (“-te form”) of a verb) to try
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[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Derived terms
- 見せる (みせる, miseru)
- 見る影もない, 見る影も無い (みるかげもない, mirukagemonai): mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left of something great once possessed
- 夢を見る (ゆめをみる, yume o miru)
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of "見る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | Imperfective (未然形) | 見 | み | mi |
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| Continuative (連用形) | 見 | み | mi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 見る | みる | miru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 見る | みる | miru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 見れ | みれ | mire | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 見よ¹ 見ろ² |
みよ¹ みろ² |
miyo¹ miro² |
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| Key constructions | Passive | 見られる | みられる | mirareru |
| Causative | 見させる 見さす |
みさせる みさす |
misaseru misasu |
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| Potential | 見られる 見れる³ |
みられる みれる³ |
mirareru mireru³ |
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| Volitional | 見よう | みよう | miyō | |
| Negative | 見ない 見ぬ 見ん |
みない みぬ みん |
minai minu min |
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| Negative continuative | 見ず | みず | mizu | |
| Formal | 見ます | みます | mimasu | |
| Perfective | 見た | みた | mita | |
| Conjunctive | 見て | みて | mite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 見れば | みれば | mireba | |
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¹ Written imperative |
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