I Love Kanji見直す (minaosu)
見直す (みなおす, minaosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to look at again”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- みなおす
- Romaji
- minaosu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to look at again · godan verb, transitive
- to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review · godan verb, transitive
- to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light · godan verb, transitive
- to improve; to recover (market, illness, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 見直す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 見直す | みなおす minaosu |
| Polite (~masu) | 見直します | みなおします minaoshimasu |
| Negative | 見直さない | みなおさない minaosanai |
| Polite negative | 見直しません | みなおしません minaoshimasen |
| Past | 見直した | みなおした minaoshita |
| Polite past | 見直しました | みなおしました minaoshimashita |
| Negative past | 見直さなかった | みなおさなかった minaosanakatta |
| Te-form | 見直して | みなおして minaoshite |
| Potential | 見直せる | みなおせる minaoseru |
| Passive | 見直される | みなおされる minaosareru |
| Causative | 見直させる | みなおさせる minaosaseru |
| Volitional | 見直そう | みなおそう minaosou |
| Imperative | 見直せ | みなおせ minaose |
| Conditional (~ba) | 見直せば | みなおせば minaoseba |
Kanji in 見直す
見
see, hopes, chancesケン・み.る・み.える · 7 strokes直
straightaway, honesty, franknessチョク・ジキ・ただ.ちに・なお.す · 8 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 見直す.
見るみるto see見せるみせるto show意見いけんopinion拝見はいけんseeing花見はなみcherry blossom viewing見物けんぶつsightseeing見えるみえるto be seen見つけるみつけるto find見つかるみつかるto be foundお見舞いおみまいvisit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)見解けんかいopinion見当けんとうestimate見事みごとsplendid発見はっけんdiscovery
Source: JMdict entry 1259900 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.