見かける・見掛ける|みかけるmikakeru[0]heiban (flat)
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- ichidan verb, transitive verbto (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of私は安室奈美恵を見かけた。↗I caught sight of Namie Amuro.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 見かける(みかける) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 見かけます(みかけます) |
| Negative (nai) | 見かけない(みかけない) |
| polite (masen) | 見かけません(みかけません) |
| classical zu / nu | 見かけず・見かけぬ(みかけず・みかけぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 見かけた(みかけた) |
| polite (mashita) | 見かけました(みかけました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 見かけなかった(みかけなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 見かけませんでした(みかけませんでした) |
| Te form | 見かけて(みかけて) |
| Potential | 見かけられる(みかけられる) |
| Passive | 見かけられる(みかけられる) |
| Causative | 見かけさせる(みかけさせる) |
| Causative passive | 見かけさせられる(みかけさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 見かければ(みかければ) |
| tara | 見かけたら(みかけたら) |
| Volitional | 見かけよう(みかけよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 見かけましょう(みかけましょう) |
| Imperative | 見かけろ(みかけろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym見受けるみうけるWrittenWritten-style word for seeing, also for supposing something from appearances; 「見かける」 is simply happening to see.
- Related目撃もくげきNeutralTo witness an event or accident with your own eyes, as in 「事故を目撃」; 「見かける」 is just happening to catch sight of someone.
- Related垣間見るかいまみるNeutralTo peep through a gap or catch a glimpse of one side of something, as in 「素顔を垣間見る」; 「見かける」 is happening to see by chance.
- Relatedお目にかかるおめにかかるFormalHumble, formal term for meeting or calling on someone you need to show respect to; 「見かける」 is just happening to see, with no sense of deference.
- Antonym見逃すみのがすNeutralThe opposite of 「見かける」 in whether you see: it means to miss something or let it pass.
- Antonym見落とすみおとすNeutralAlso the opposite of 「見かける」 in whether you see: it means to look but fail to notice something.
Use 「見かける」 for happening to see someone, as in 「駅で見かけた」. For witnessing an event or accident, use 「目撃」; for humbly meeting a respected person, 「お目にかかる」; for glimpsing a side, 「垣間見る」. 「見受ける」 is written prose; 「見逃す」 and 「見落とす」 mean to miss or overlook.
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