Katsuyo

Ichidan verb

見るみる

miru

to see · N3

Also read みる: 診る (examine). All 2 words

見る (みる, miru) — to see — is an ichidan verb: 見て (te-form), 見た (past), 見ない (negative), 見ます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to look; to watch.

How 見る conjugates · ichidan verb

Drop the る, then add the ending.

Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 見. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.

見る dropsstem + ending
見ない見ないnegative · I don't look at it. 見ます見ますpolite present 見て見てte-form · I look at it and … 見た見たpast · I saw it. 見られる見られるpotential · I can see it. 見れば見ればif · If I look at it, ... 見よう見ようvolitional · Let's watch it.

No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.

N2 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

FormConjugationAudio
present 見る みる miru
past I saw it. 見た みた mita
negative I don't look at it. 見ない みない minai
te-form I look at it and … 見て みて mite
past negative I didn't see it. 見なかった みなかった minakatta
volitional Let's watch it. 見よう みよう miyou
potential I can see it. 見られる みられる mirareru
cond. ば If I look at it, ... 見れば みれば mireba
cond. たら When I see it, ... 見たら みたら mitara
passive N2 I get seen by someone. 見られる みられる mirareru
causative N2 見させる みさせる misaseru
imperative N1 Look! 見ろ みろ miro

POLITE

FormConjugationAudio
present 見ます みます mimasu
past I saw it. 見ました みました mimashita
negative I don't look at it. 見ません みません mimasen
past negative I didn't see it. 見ませんでした みませんでした mimasendeshita
volitional Let's watch it. 見ましょう みましょう mimashou

ASPECT

FormConjugationAudio
ている I'm watching it. 見ている みている miteiru
ていた I was watching it. 見ていた みていた miteita
ています I'm watching it. 見ています みています miteimasu
ていました I was watching it. 見ていました みていました miteimashita