見る

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
見
み
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From Proto-Japonic *miru. Cognate with 目 (me, “eye”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "見る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		見る み​る
Imperative (命令形) 見ろ み​ろ
Key constructions
Passive 見られる みられ​る
Causative 見させる みさせ​る
Potential 見られる みられ​る
Volitional 見よう みよ​ー
Negative 見ない み​ない
Negative perfective 見なかった み​なかった
Formal 見ます みま​す
Perfective 見た み​た
Conjunctive 見て み​て
Hypothetical conditional 見れば み​れば

Verb

見(み)る • (miru) transitive ichidan (stem 見(み) (mi), past 見(み)た (mita))

Japanese verb pair
causative 見(み)せる (見(み)せる)
active 見(み)る (見(み)る)
mediopassive 見(み)える (見(み)える)
  1. to see, to watch, to observe, to look at something
  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
    あの監(かん)督(とく)の映(えい)画(が)を見(み)たことはありません。
    Ano kantoku no eiga o mita koto wa arimasen.
    I haven't seen any of that director's movies before.
  6. みる: (after the te form of a verb) to try to do (literally, “ see”)
    納豆(なっとう)を食(た)べてみませんか。
    Nattō o tabete mimasen ka.
    Why not try natto?
    死(し)ぬまで君(きみ)と生(い)きてみたいよ
    shinu made kimi to ikite mitai yo
    Until death I want to try to live with you
    怪(あや)しい扉(とびら)を開(あ)けてみたくないよ
    ayashī tobira o akete mitakunai yo
    I don't want to try to open the weird door!

Usage notes

  • This auxiliary usage implies that the action has never been attempted by the subject.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "見る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 見 み mi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 見 み mi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 見る みる miru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 見る みる miru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 見れ みれ mire
Meireikei ("imperative") 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
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
Volitional 見む みむ mimu

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References

  1. ^ “見・看・視・観・覧”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Uwano, Zendo (2002 October 31) “見島方言の用言のアクセント調査報告 [A Report on the Accentual Surveys of Verbs and Adjectives in the Mishima Dialect]”, in 環太平洋の「消滅に瀕した言語」にかんする緊急調査研究‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 September 2022
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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