見える

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From lower bigrade 見ゆ. miyu → miyuru → miyeru → mieru The irrealis of 見る (miru, see) mi + "(grammar) potential".

Verb

見える (ichidan conjugation, hiragana みえる, rōmaji mieru)

Japanese verb pair
causative  ()せる
active  ()
mediopassive  ()える
  1. (having seeing ability): able to see (ja: 目見える、目見える)
     (あに)眼鏡無 (めがねな)しでもはっきり ()える
    Ani wa megane nashi de mo hakkiri mieru.
    My elder brother is able to see something distinctly without glasses.
  2. (within sight): visible (ja: 目見える)
     (みず)無色 (むしょく)だが ()える
    Mizu wa mushoku da ga mieru.
    Water is colorless but visible.
  3. (easily predictable): apparent (ja: 目見える)
    この () (てん) (けっ) () ()える
    Kono jiten de kekka ga mieru.
    The result is apparent at this circumstance.
  4. (appear likely): seem
     (かれ)及第 (きゅうだい)するように ()える
    Kare wa kyūdai suru yō ni mieru.
    He seems to succeed.

Conjugation

Reciprocal

Coordinate terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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