見る
Japanese
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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見 |
み Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
From Proto-Japonic *miu. Cognate with 目 (me, “eye”).
Verb
見る (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana みる, rōmaji miru)
Japanese verb pair | |
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causative | 見せる |
active | 見る |
mediopassive | 見える |
- 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:
- 松本……あたしを見て……あたしの顔をよーく見て……あたしの目を見て……あたしの口を見て……見覚えないかい?……あんたが殺した誰かに……似てないかい!
- 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⁉
- 松本……あたしを見て……あたしの顔をよーく見て……あたしの目を見て……あたしの口を見て……見覚えないかい?……あんたが殺した誰かに……似てないかい!
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- 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 te form of a verb) to try (written in hiragana in this sense)
- 納豆を食べてみませんか。
- Nattō o tabetemimasen ka.
- Why not try [to eat] natto?
- 納豆を食べてみませんか。
Conjugation
Conjugation of "見る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 見 | み | mi | |
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 | |
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 | |
Potential | 見られる 見れる³ |
みられる みれる³ |
mirareru mireru³ | |
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 | |
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 | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
Classical conjugation of "見る" (マ行上一段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 見 | み | mi |
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 |
Realis (已然形) | 見れ | みれ | mire |
Imperative (命令形) | 見よ | みよ | miyo |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | 見ず | みず | mizu |
Contrasting conjunction | 見れど | みれど | miredo |
Causal conjunction | 見れば | みれば | mireba |
Conditional conjunction | 見ば | みば | miba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 見き | みき | miki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 見けり | みけり | mikeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | 見つ | みつ | mitu |
Perfect tense (natural event) | 見ぬ | みぬ | minu |
Perfect-continuative tense | 見たり | みたり | mitari |
Synonyms
- 視聴する (shichō suru)
Derived terms
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