JLPT N2 · Verb

見送る (miokuru)

見送る (みおくる, miokuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to see (someone) off; to escort”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
みおくる
Romaji
miokuru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to see (someone) off; to escort · godan verb, transitive
  2. to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to gaze after · godan verb, transitive
  3. to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity) · godan verb, transitive
  4. to postpone; to put off; to shelve; to leave (as it is) · godan verb, transitive
  5. to take care of (someone) until death; to attend (someone's) funeral; to bury · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

両親は空港まで私を見送ってくれた。
My parents came to the airport to see me off.
私たちは彼が見えなくなるまで見送った。
We watched him until he was out of sight.
彼に会う機会を見送った。
I passed up an opportunity to see him.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 見送る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary見送るみおくる miokuru
Polite (~masu)見送りますみおくります miokurimasu
Negative見送らないみおくらない miokuranai
Polite negative見送りませんみおくりません miokurimasen
Past見送ったみおくった miokutta
Polite past見送りましたみおくりました miokurimashita
Negative past見送らなかったみおくらなかった miokuranakatta
Te-form見送ってみおくって miokutte
Potential見送れるみおくれる miokureru
Passive見送られるみおくられる miokurareru
Causative見送らせるみおくらせる miokuraseru
Volitional見送ろうみおくろう miokurou
Imperative見送れみおくれ miokure
Conditional (~ba)見送ればみおくれば miokureba

Kanji in 見送る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 見送る.

Source: JMdict entry 1259830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.