見る

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *miru. Cognate with (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
Imperative (命令形) 見ろ
Key constructions
Passive 見られる られ
Causative 見させる させ
Potential 見られる られ
Volitional 見よう
Negative 見ない ない
Negative perfective 見なかった なかった
Formal 見ます
Perfective 見た
Conjunctive 見て
Hypothetical conditional 見れば れば

Verb

() (mirutransitive ichidan (stem () (mi), past () (mita))

Japanese verb pair
causative ()せる
active ()
mediopassive ()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
    (えい)()()()
    eiga o mi ni iku
    to go see a movie
    あの(かん)(とく)(えい)()()ことありません
    Ano kantoku no eiga o mita koto wa arimasen.
    I haven't seen any of that director's movies before.
  5. みる: (after the te form of a verb) to try to do (literally, “ see”)
    納豆(なっとう)()べてみません
    Nattō o tabete mimasen ka.
    Why not try natto?
    ()まで(きみ)()きてみたい
    shinu made kimi to ikite mitai yo
    Until death I want to try to live with you
    (あや)しい(とびら)()けてみたくない
    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.

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References

  1. ^ 見・看・視・観・覧”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  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 [Endangered languages of the Pacific Rim]‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 September 2022
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN