見る

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Verb

見る (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana みる, rōmaji miru)

  1. to see, to watch, to observe, to look at something
    • 1992 July 15 [Apr 25 1989], 動物のお医者さん [The Veterinarian], volume 1 (fiction, in Japanese), 40th edition, Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 9:
      よかった！見 (み)なかったぞ　ハムテル
      Yokatta! Minakatta zo Hamuteru
      That was close! Good thing we didn’t see those, Hamuteru
      公 (まさ)輝 (き)
      Masaki
      My name is Masaki
    • 2003 October 10, Ai Maeda as young O-Ren Ishii, Kill Bill: Volume 1 (in English and Japanese), written by Quentin Tarantino, Miramax Films:
      松 (まつ)本 (もと)……あたしを見 (み)て……あたしの顔 (かお)をよーく見 (み)て……あたしの目 (め)を見 (み)て……あたしの口 (くち)を見 (み)て……見 (み)覚 (おぼ)えないかい？……あんたが殺 (ころ)した誰 (だれ)かに……似 (に)てないかい！
      Matsumoto…… Atashi o mite…… Atashi no kao o yōku mite…… Atashi no me o mite…… Atashi no kuchi o mite…… Mioboe nai kai? …… Anta ga koroshita dare ka ni…… nite nai kai!
      Matsumoto…… Look at me…… Take a good look at my face…… My eyes…… My mouth…… Don’t I look familiar to you?…… Like someone…… you murdered⁉
  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
  5. (usually after the te form of a verb) to try (written in hiragana in this sense)
    納 (なっ)豆 (とう)を食 (た)べてみませんか。
    Nattō o tabetemimasen ka.
    Why not try [to eat] natto?

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References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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