見る

Japanese

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

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] 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 [míꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 見ろ み​ろ [míꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 見られる みられ​る [mìráréꜜrù]
Causative 見させる みさせ​る [mìsáséꜜrù]
Potential 見られる みられ​る [mìráréꜜrù]
Volitional 見よう みよ​ー [mìyóꜜò]
Negative 見ない み​ない [míꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 見なかった み​なかった [míꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 見ます みま​す [mìmáꜜsù]
Perfective 見た み​た [míꜜtà]
Conjunctive 見て み​て [míꜜtè]
Hypothetical conditional 見れば み​れば [míꜜrèbà]

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.
  5. みる: (after the te form of a verb) to try to do (literally, “[do the preceding verb and] 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 [to eat] 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

Synonyms

Derived terms

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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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
  4. 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
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