見回る・見廻る|みまわるmimawaru[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
見回る見回る is the most common written form. Learners should use 見回る as their default form.
見廻る見廻る is a less common written variant of 見回る. You may encounter it in writing, but 見回る is the safer choice for learners.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto make one's rounds; to patrol
    警備員けいびいんたちは1時間じかんごとに輪番りんばんで見回みまわった。↗
    The guards rotated in making their rounds every hour.
Conjugation
Dictionary form見回る(みまわる)
Polite (masu)見回ります(みまわります)
Negative (nai)見回らない(みまわらない)
polite (masen)見回りません(みまわりません)
classical zu / nu見回らず・見回らぬ(みまわらず・みまわらぬ)
Past (ta)見回った(みまわった)
polite (mashita)見回りました(みまわりました)
Past negative (nakatta)見回らなかった(みまわらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)見回りませんでした(みまわりませんでした)
Te form見回って(みまわって)
Potential見回れる(みまわれる)
Passive見回られる(みまわられる)
Causative見回らせる(みまわらせる)
Causative passive見回らせられる・見回らされる(みまわらせられる・みまわらされる)
Conditional (ba)見回れば(みまわれば)
tara見回ったら(みまわったら)
Volitional見回ろう(みまわろう)
polite (mashou)見回りましょう(みまわりましょう)
Imperative見回れ(みまわれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym巡回じゅんかいWrittenWritten/formal. Focuses on making rounds along a set route; also covers touring performances and exhibitions. More formal than 「見回る」.
  • Synonym巡視じゅんしWrittenWritten/formal. Inspecting to keep watch or supervise; carries an official flavor, as in 「巡視船」.
  • SynonymパトロールNeutralA loanword for police or guard patrols; at home in colloquial speech, news and announcements alike, as in 「パトロールカー」.
  • Related哨戒しょうかいWrittenWritten/formal. Guarding by ships or aircraft against enemy intrusion; a military term, unlike everyday 「見回る」.
  • Related廻るみるNeutralRead 「めぐる」 here. Means circling around or touring places, without the checking or watching sense of 「見回る」.

Use 「見回る」 for walking around to look at or keep watch over a place, as in 「夜の校内を見回る」. Police patrols take 「パトロール」, official inspections 「巡視」, and naval or air guard duty 「哨戒」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 見物けんぶつや監視かんしなどのために回まわって歩あるく。
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