見る

From Proto-Japonic *miu. Cognate with 目 (me, “eye”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) み​る [míꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

見る (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana みる, rōmaji miru)

1. to see, to watch, to observe, to look at something
   • 2003 October 10, Ai Maeda as young O-Ren Ishii, Kill Bill: Volume 1, written by Quentin Tarantino, Miramax Films:

     松 (まつ)本 (もと)……あたしを見 (み)て……あたしの顔 (かお)をよーく見 (み)て……あたしの目 (め)を見 (み)て……あたしの口 (くち)を見 (み)て……見 (み)覚 (おぼ)えないかい？……あんたが殺 (ころ)した誰 (だれ)かに……似 (に)てないかい！

     Matsumoto…… Atashi o mite…… Atashi no kao o yōku mite…… Atashi no me o mite…… Atashi no kuchi o mite…… Mioboe nai kai? …… Anta ga koroshita dare ka ni…… nite nai kai!

     Matsumoto…… Look at me…… Take a good look at my face…… My eyes…… My mouth…… Don’t I look familiar to you?…… Like someone…… you murdered⁉

2. to look over, to examine, to judge
3. to take care of, to look after, to keep an eye on somebody
4. to view something, like paintings, flowers or a movie

   映 (えい)画 (が)を見 (み)に行 (い)く

   eiga o mi ni iku

   to go see a movie

5. (usually after the te form of a verb) to try (written in hiragana in this sense)

   納 (なっ)豆 (とう)を食 (た)べてみませんか。

   Nattō o tabetemimasen ka.

   Why not try [to eat] natto?

• 視 (し)聴 (ちょう)する (shichō suru)

• 見 (み)せる (miseru)
• 見 (み)る影 (かげ)もない (miru kage mo nai), 見 (み)る影 (かげ)も無 (な)い (miru kage mo nai): mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left of something great once possessed
• 夢 (ゆめ)を見 (み)る (yume o miru)

• 見 (み)える (mieru)
• 診 (み)る (miru), 看 (み)る (miru), 観 (み)る (miru), 視 (み)る (miru)