垣間見る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
垣 間 見
かき > かい
Grade: S 		ま
Grade: 2 		み
Grade: 1

Verb

垣(かい)間(ま)見(み)る • (kaima-miru) transitive ichidan (stem 垣(かい)間(ま)見(み) (kaima-mi), past 垣(かい)間(ま)見(み)た (kaima-mita))

  1. catch a glimpse of
    香(ホン)港(コン)の日(にち)常(じょう)を垣(かい)間(ま)見(み)る ― Honkon no nichijō o kaima-miru ― see a typical day in Hong Kong

Conjugation

Conjugation of "垣間見る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 垣間見 かいまみ kaimami
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 垣間見 かいまみ kaimami
Shūshikei ("terminal") 垣間見る かいまみる kaimamiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 垣間見る かいまみる kaimamiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 垣間見れ かいまみれ kaimamire
Meireikei ("imperative") 垣間見よ¹
垣間見ろ² 		かいまみよ¹
かいまみろ² 		kaimamiyo¹
kaimamiro²
Key constructions
Passive 垣間見られる かいまみられる kaimamirareru
Causative 垣間見させる
垣間見さす 		かいまみさせる
かいまみさす 		kaimamisaseru
kaimamisasu
Potential 垣間見られる
垣間見れる³ 		かいまみられる
かいまみれる³ 		kaimamirareru
kaimamireru³
Volitional 垣間見よう かいまみよう kaimamiyō
Negative 垣間見ない
垣間見ぬ
垣間見ん 		かいまみない
かいまみぬ
かいまみん 		kaimaminai
kaimaminu
kaimamin
Negative continuative 垣間見ず かいまみず kaimamizu
Formal 垣間見ます かいまみます kaimamimasu
Perfective 垣間見た かいまみた kaimamita
Conjunctive 垣間見て かいまみて kaimamite
Hypothetical conditional 垣間見れば かいまみれば kaimamireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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