見張る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
見 張
み
Grade: 1 		は
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "見張る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		見張る みはる
Imperative (命令形) 見張れ みはれ
Key constructions
Passive 見張られる みはられる
Causative 見張らせる みはらせる
Potential 見張れる みはれる
Volitional 見張ろう みはろ​ー
Negative 見張らない みはらない
Negative perfective 見張らなかった みはらな​かった
Formal 見張ります みはりま​す
Perfective 見張った みはった
Conjunctive 見張って みはって
Hypothetical conditional 見張れば みはれ​ば

Verb

見(み)張(は)る • (miharu) transitive godan (stem 見(み)張(は)り (mihari), past 見(み)張(は)った (mihatta))

  1. to watch
  2. to stand guard
  3. to look out, to be wary
  4. to open one's eyes wide

Conjugation

Conjugation of "見張る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 見張ら みはら mihara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 見張り みはり mihari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 見張る みはる miharu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 見張る みはる miharu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 見張れ みはれ mihare
Meireikei ("imperative") 見張れ みはれ mihare
Key constructions
Passive 見張られる みはられる miharareru
Causative 見張らせる
見張らす 		みはらせる
みはらす 		miharaseru
miharasu
Potential 見張れる みはれる mihareru
Volitional 見張ろう みはろう miharō
Negative 見張らない みはらない miharanai
Negative continuative 見張らず みはらず miharazu
Formal 見張ります みはります miharimasu
Perfective 見張った みはった mihatta
Conjunctive 見張って みはって mihatte
Hypothetical conditional 見張れば みはれば mihareba

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