► 動詞
見る [(1)みる] [coll] meaning: assume rank: 1
☆ 飛行機代を五万円と見て予算を組んだ ⇨ I set up my budget assuming the flights would cost ¥50K
見る [(1)みる] [coll] meaning: care rank: 1
☆ 子供は私が見ておいてあげる ⇨ I will watch over the children for you
☆ 彼は毎晩子供の勉強を見ている ⇨ He helps school work of his kids every night (☛ Tutor, give guidance)
見る [(1)みる] [coll] meaning: check rank: 1
☆ 彼女は風呂の湯加減を見た ⇨ She checked the water temperature of the hottub
見る [(1)みる] meaning: consider rank: 1
☆ 景気の回復にはかなりの時間が掛かると見られている ⇨ It is considered that it would take a while for the economy to recover
☆ 警察は過激派の犯行と見ている ⇨ The police is considering the attack was carried out by the radicals
見る [(1)みる] [coll] meaning: experience rank: 1
☆ 彼は辛い目を見たことがない ⇨ He has never experienced adversities
見る [(1)みる] [coll] meaning: judge rank: 1
☆ こんな安い給料の提示とは、随分安く見られたもんだ ⇨ Such a lowball salary offer, they certainly undervalue me
☆ 相手を甘く見るべきじゃない ⇨ We should not see the opponent as an easy match, underestimate them
見る [(1)みる] meaning: look rank: 1
☆ よく見ないと違いが分からない ⇨ You can’t tell the difference unless you look close
☆ 何見てんの？ ⇨ What are you looking at?
見る [(1)みる] [coll] meaning: manage rank: 1
☆ 彼は会社の会計部門を見ている ⇨ He is managing, supervising, the accounting department of the company
見る [(1)みる] meaning: see rank: 1
☆ あんな彼は今迄見たことがない ⇨ I’ve never seen him like that ever before
☆ しばらく様子を見よう ⇨ Let’s see, monitor, for a while how things will go
☆ 猫によく見られる行動 ⇨ The behavior often seen with cats
見る [(1)みる] meaning: watch rank: 1
☆ その映画は見たことがない ⇨ I’ve never watched that movie
☆ 見てろよ、この野郎 ⇨ Keep watching, you bastard. (I will make you pay, prove you’re wrong) (☛ A common phrase)
見る [(1)みる] [liter] meaning: reach rank: 4
☆ 賃金交渉はやっと妥結を見た ⇨ The wage negotiation finally reached a compromise (☛ Reach a new status, milestone, etc.)
► 補助動詞
見る [(1)みる] [coll] meaning: intention rank: 1
☆ もう一度考えて見ます ⇨ I will think about it one more time
見る [(1)みる] meaning: try rank: 1
☆ そのことを彼に聞いて見たが、彼は知らなかった ⇨ I asked him about it, but he didn’t know
☆ そんなに簡単だっていうならお前が自分でやって見ろよ ⇨ If you say it is that easy, then why don’t you do it yourself?
☆ ドイツにいつか行って見たい ⇨ I want to go to Germany someday
☆ とても難しそうだったが、やって見たらそれほどでもなかった ⇨ It has looked very difficult, but when I tried it myself it wasn’t that difficult
☆ 皆その店を褒めるので行って見た ⇨ Everybody praises that store, so I went (to see what it was like)
☆ どうなるかはやって見なきゃ分からない ⇨ You won’t know what happens unless you try (☛ “みなきゃ” is a colloquial abbreviation of “みなくては”)
見る [(1)みる] [み] [coll] [peer] meaning: try rank: 2
☆ もう一度やってみ ⇨ Try one more time
見る [(1)みる] [みい] [coll] [junior] meaning: try rank: 2
☆ もっとよく考えてみい ⇨ Give it more thought
► 成句
見る [(1)みる] [見る目] [coll] meaning: judge rank: 1
☆ 彼女は男を見る目が無い ⇨ She has no eyes for men. She is not a good judge of men’s characters
見る [(1)みる] [して見れば] meaning: for rank: 2
☆ 彼にして見れば親切だったのかも知れないが、私には迷惑だった ⇨ Maybe that was out of kindness the way he sees it, for him, but it was annoying for me
☆ 私にして見ればそれは驚き以外なにものでもなかった ⇨ If you see it as me, from my perspective, it was nothing but a surprised (☛ From a certain point of view)
見る [(1)みる] [見たことか] meaning: see rank: 2
☆ そら見たことか！ ⇨ Now you see it! This is exactly what I warned you to happen
More examples:
- 彼は人を見る目が無い ⇨ He doesn’t have eye for people, not a good judge of character
- 私が子供の頃は東京でも外国人を見ることは余りなかった ⇨ You didn’t see many foreigners even in Tokyo when I was a child
- 子供の寝顔を見るのが大好きだ ⇨ I love to watch the face of my sleeping child
- あの人は稀に見る奇特な人だ ⇨ He is a noble person you rarely see
- 最新のファションショーを見ると洗練されているというよりむしろ滑稽な気がする ⇨ When I watch the latest hi-fashion shows they look rather ludicrous than sophisticated
- ぱっと見は良かったが、良く見るとあまり良くなかった ⇨ It looked good at first glance, but looked closer and was not very good
- 川は見る見るうちに溢れた ⇨ The river overflew right before our eyes, very quickly
- 子供の笑顔を見ると和む ⇨ Watching my children’s smiles relax me, make me feel better
- 正直者が馬鹿を見る世の中 (しょうじきもの) ⇨ A society where honest people are treated like fools, taken advantage of
- スポーツと言えば野球なんか時々見るね ⇨ When it comes to sports I watch baseball for example from time to time
- 彼は見るからにバカそうだ ⇨ He definitely looks like an idiot. You can tell he is an idiot by the looks
- ふと周りを見ると誰もいないことに気がついた ⇨ I just looked around and realized there was nobody around me
- 皆が無料の食事に殺到する姿を見ると私は引いてしまう ⇨ When I see everybody rush to get free meals, I cannot join them and have to step aside
- 見るに堪えない惨劇 ⇨ An atrocity unbearable to watch
- 踊る阿呆に見る阿呆、同じ阿呆なら踊らにゃ損損 ⇨ Dancing fools and watching fools. Fools either way, so you’d rather dance