見送る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
おく
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
See also 見送り

Etymology

(み, mi, see) +‎ 送る (おくる, okuru, send) – to see off, send off.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「見送る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
見送る おくる
おく

Imperative (命令形) 見送れ おくれ
おく

Key constructions
Passive 見送られる おくられる
おくられ

Causative 見送らせる おくらせる
おくらせ

Potential 見送れる おくれる
おくれ

Volitional 見送ろう おくろ
Negative 見送らない おくらない
おくらない

Negative perfective 見送らなかった おくらなかった
おくらなかった

Formal 見送ります おくりま
Perfective 見送った おくった
おくった

Conjunctive 見送って おくって
おくって

Hypothetical conditional 見送れば おくれ
おくれば

Verb

()(おく) (miokurutransitive godan (stem ()(おく) (miokuri), past ()(おく)った (miokutta))

  1. to see off (accompany, escort when departing, especially to a train station or airport)
  2. to watch someone/something go by, leave, depart or die
    故人(こじん)見送(みおく)
    kojin o miokuru
    to see off the deceased
    季節(きせつ)見送(みおく)
    kisetsu o miokuru
    to watch the season(s) go by
  3. to shelf, defer a bill (so that it does not become law)

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN