見る

みるmiru

see

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 得る, 出る, 考える, 過ぎる, つける

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative見ますみますmimasu
    2. negative見ませんみませんmimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative見ましたみましたmimashita
    2. negative見ませんでしたみませんでしたmimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 見てみてmite
    2. request見てくださいみてくださいmite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 見ましょうみましょうmimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative見たいみたいmitai
    2. negative見たくないみたくないmitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative見るみるmiru
    2. negative見ないみないminai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative見たみたmita
    2. negative見なかったみなかったminakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain見ているみているmite iru
    2. polite見ていますみていますmite imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain見られるみられるmirareru
    2. polite見られますみられますmiraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 見たらみたらmitara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain見られるみられるmirareru
    2. polite見られますみられますmiraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passive · Respect and modestyAlso show the Intermediate forms (6)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 見ようみようmiyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order見ろみろmiro
    2. ban見るなみるなmiru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative見ればみればmireba
    2. negative見なければみなければminakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain見させるみさせるmisaseru
    2. polite見させますみさせますmisasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain見させられるみさせられるmisaserareru
    2. polite見させられますみさせられますmisaseraremasu

  6. Respect and modesty

    The verbs that replace this one: respect for what others do, modesty for what you do yourself.

    1. respectご覧になりますごらんになりますgoran ni narimasu
    2. modesty拝見しますはいけんしますhaiken shimasu