"見せる" meaning in Japanese

See 見せる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [mʲise̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: From Old Japanese 見す (misu), following 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”). Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru. First cited to the Man'yōshū, circa 759 CE. Analyzable as 見 (mi, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru, “to see; to look at”)) + す (-su, causative suffix, corresponding to modern せる (-seru)). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|見す|sort=みせる|tr=misu}} Old Japanese 見す (misu), {{m|ja|下二段活用|t=lower bigrade conjugation|tr=shimo nidan katsuyō}} 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”), {{m|ja|下二段活用||lower bigrade conjugation|tr=shimo nidan katsuyō}} 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”), {{m|ja|下一段活用||lower monograde conjugation|tr=shimo ichidan katsuyō}} 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{circa2|759 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>}} circa 759 CE, {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|見る|みる|to see; to look at|pos=}} 見(み)る (miru, “to see; to look at”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|見る|みる|to see; to look at|nodot=1}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru, “to see; to look at”), {{ja-r|-せる}} せる (-seru), {{suffix|ja|見|す|pos1=the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru</span>, “to see; to look at”)|pos2=causative suffix, corresponding to modern せる (<span class="mention-tr tr">-seru</span>)|sort=みせる|tr1=mi|tr2=su}} 見 (mi, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru, “to see; to look at”)) + す (-su, causative suffix, corresponding to modern せる (-seru)) Head templates: {{ja-verb|みせる|tr=trans|type=2}} 見(み)せる • (miseru) transitive ichidan (stem 見(み)せ (mise), past 見(み)せた (miseta)) Forms: 見せる [canonical] (ruby: 見(み)), miseru [romanization], 見せ [stem] (ruby: 見(み)), 見せた [past] (ruby: 見(み)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 見せ [error-unrecognized-form], みせ [error-unrecognized-form], mise [error-unrecognized-form], 見せる [error-unrecognized-form], みせる [error-unrecognized-form], miseru [error-unrecognized-form], 見せれ [error-unrecognized-form], みせれ [error-unrecognized-form], misere [error-unrecognized-form], 見せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 見せろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], みせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], みせろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], miseyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], misero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 見せられる [passive], みせられる [passive], miserareru [passive], 見せさせる [causative], 見せさす [causative], みせさせる [causative], みせさす [causative], misesaseru [causative], misesasu [causative], 見せられる [potential], 見せれる [colloquial, potential], みせられる [potential], みせれる [colloquial, potential], miserareru [potential], misereru [colloquial, potential], 見せよう [volitional], みせよう [volitional], miseyō [volitional], 見せない [negative], 見せぬ [negative], 見せん [negative], みせない [negative], みせぬ [negative], みせん [negative], misenai [negative], misenu [negative], misen [negative], 見せず [continuative, negative], みせず [continuative, negative], misezu [continuative, negative], 見せます [formal], みせます [formal], misemasu [formal], 見せた [perfective], みせた [perfective], miseta [perfective], 見せて [conjunctive], みせて [conjunctive], misete [conjunctive], 見せれば [conditional, hypothetical], みせれば [conditional, hypothetical], misereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to show
    Sense id: en-見せる-ja-verb-IZQeOxlX Categories (other): Japanese terms suffixed with す Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with す: 17 40 43
  2. 魅せる: to show off; to demonstrate a skill or talent
    Sense id: en-見せる-ja-verb-tl05LlHs Categories (other): Japanese terms suffixed with す Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with す: 17 40 43
  3. used as a 補助動詞 (hojo dōshi), after a verb in the て (-te) conjunctive form: to show one's ability or determination to do something; to set an example by doing something
    Sense id: en-見せる-ja-verb-p1sruKEX Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with す, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 7 23 70 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 9 27 64 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 22 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 22 71 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with す: 17 40 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 6 21 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 22 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 22 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 見る (miru) (ruby: 見(み))

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      "form": "misenu",
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      "form": "見せます",
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      "form": "みせて",
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      "form": "見せない",
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      "form": "見せん",
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      "form": "みせぬ",
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      "form": "みせん",
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      "form": "misenai",
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      "form": "misenu",
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}

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