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JAPANESE VERB

みえる

見える

can see

  • #83 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can see
NegativeI can not see

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI could see
NegativeI could not see

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-form
Doing now (て います)
Please (て ください)

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can see
NegativeI can not see

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
Affirmative
Negative

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’s

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I can see
  2. If, when (たら) if I can see

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい)
  2. Plain command
  3. Please don’t

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
Passive
Causative

How to use みえる

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    まど から うみ が みえます。

    You can see the sea from the window.

  2. Past

    きょう は ふじさん が きれい に みえた。

    Mount Fuji looked beautiful today.

  3. Te-form

    あの ビル の うえ から まち が ぜんぶ みえて います。

    The whole city is visible from the top of that building.

  4. Potential

    めがね なし で も、 じ が みえます か？

    Can you see the letters even without glasses?

  5. Want to

    わかく みえたい ひと が おおい です ね。

    A lot of people want to look young, don't they?

  6. Volitional

    みえよう と みえまい と、 やま に のぼります。

    Whether we can see it or not, we're climbing the mountain.

  7. Conditional

    はれれば、 ここ から しま が みえます よ。

    If it clears up, you can see the island from here.

  8. Commands and requests

    やま さん、 はやく みえろ！

    Come on, mountain, show yourself!

  9. Passive and causative

    この めがね は ちいさい じ も みえさせて くれます。

    These glasses let me see even small letters.

Good to know

  • みえる is what comes into view by itself; みられる is what you are able to watch, like a film.

Where you hear みえる

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Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • まど から スカイツリー が みえます。 I can see the Skytree from the window.
  • はこね で ふじさん が みえました。 We could see Mount Fuji in Hakone.
  • あした は はれ です から、 ふじさん が みえます よ。 It'll be sunny tomorrow, so we'll see Mount Fuji.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • まど から スカイツリー が みえる。 I can see the Skytree from the window.
  • ちょうじょう から ふじさん が みえた。 We could see Fuji from the top.
  • はれれば、 あした も みえる よ。 If it's clear, you'll see it tomorrow too.
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The First Night

Beginner Level 2 · みえます · みえません

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Mount Takao

Intermediate Level 1 · みえる

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A Difficult Guest

Intermediate Level 1 · みえません · みえた

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A Word with Her Father

Intermediate Level 1 · みえない

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Telling the Families

Intermediate Level 1 · みえる？

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).