I Love Kanji見せる (miseru)
見せる (みせる, miseru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to show; to display”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- みせる
- Romaji
- miseru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to show; to display · ichidan verb, transitive
- to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ... · ichidan verb, transitive
- to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining · ichidan verb, transitive
- to have (something) looked at (by a specialist); to have (an antique, etc.) appraised · ichidan verb, transitive
- to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor · ichidan verb, transitive · also written as 診せる
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 見せる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 見せる | みせる miseru |
| Polite (~masu) | 見せます | みせます misemasu |
| Negative | 見せない | みせない misenai |
| Polite negative | 見せません | みせません misemasen |
| Past | 見せた | みせた miseta |
| Polite past | 見せました | みせました misemashita |
| Negative past | 見せなかった | みせなかった misenakatta |
| Te-form | 見せて | みせて misete |
| Potential | 見せられる | みせられる miserareru |
| Passive | 見せられる | みせられる miserareru |
| Causative | 見せさせる | みせさせる misesaseru |
| Volitional | 見せよう | みせよう miseyou |
| Imperative | 見せろ | みせろ misero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 見せれば | みせれば misereba |
Kanji in 見せる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 見せる.
見るみるto see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見送りみおくりseeing (someone) off
Source: JMdict entry 1259210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.