How to say "seeing" in Japanese

• 拝見はいけんJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'seeing' as 'looking at' something: a humble, polite way to refer to one's own act of looking, typically at a document, email, or website the other person has sent or mentioned.
  パスポートを拝見はいけんできますか。↗

  May I see your passport, please?
• 面会めんかいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'seeing' as meeting a person face-to-face: a noun for a visit or interview with someone, as in seeing a hospital patient; its 'seeing' sense is about meeting people, not looking at things.
  あなたに面会めんかいしたいという婦人ふじんがいます。↗

  There's a lady asking for you.

Use 拝見 for the humble, polite act of looking at something, and 面会 for seeing a person face-to-face, that is, visiting or meeting them; they cover entirely different senses of 'seeing'.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 拝見はいけんseeing
• 面会めんかいmeeting (face-to-face)
• 目視もくしseeing (with the naked eye)
• 見参けんざんseeing
• シーイングseeing
• ごらんseeing