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JAPANESE VERB

みなおす

見直す

to check over

  • #479 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI check over
NegativeI don’t check over

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI checked over
NegativeI didn’t check over

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formchecking over, and…
Doing now (て います)I am checking over
Please (て ください)please check over

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can check over
NegativeI can’t check over

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to check over
NegativeI don’t want to check over

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s check over

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I check over
  2. If, when (たら) if I check over

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) check over (do it)
  2. Plain command check over!
  3. Please don’t please don’t check over

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am checked over
CausativeI make someone check over

How to use みなおす

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

  1. Present and future

    だす まえ に、 かならず メール を みなおします。

    Before sending, I always check an email over.

  2. Past

    テスト の こたえ を にかい みなおした。

    I checked my test answers over twice.

  3. Te-form

    けいかく を もう いちど みなおして ください。

    Please check the plan over once more.

  4. Potential

    じかん が なくて、 さいご まで みなおせなかった。

    I didn't have time and couldn't check it all the way through.

  5. Want to

    しょるい を だす まえ に みなおしたい。

    I want to check the papers over before handing them in.

  6. Volitional

    まいつき の しゅっぴ を みなおそう。

    Let's go over our monthly spending.

  7. Conditional

    よく みなおせば、 まちがい が みつかる よ。

    If you check it over carefully, you'll find the mistakes.

  8. Commands and requests

    だす まえ に、 もう いちど みなおしなさい。

    Check it over once more before you hand it in.

  9. Passive and causative

    この ルール は らいねん みなおされます。

    This rule will be reviewed next year.

Good to know

  • みなおす is also to see someone in a new light: ベン を みなおした.

Where you hear みなおす

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • しけん の とき は、 かならず みなおす。 In exams, I always check my answers.
  • こたえ を にかい みなおした。 I checked my answers twice.
  • あした、 せきじゅん を みなおします。 Tomorrow I'll check over the seating plan.
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The N3 Exam

Intermediate Level 2 · みなおす

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).