見破る・看破る|みやぶるmiyaburu[0]heiban (flat)
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- godan verb, transitive verbto see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out私には彼のうそが見破れなかった。↗I couldn't see through his lies.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 見破る(みやぶる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 見破ります(みやぶります) |
| Negative (nai) | 見破らない(みやぶらない) |
| polite (masen) | 見破りません(みやぶりません) |
| classical zu / nu | 見破らず・見破らぬ(みやぶらず・みやぶらぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 見破った(みやぶった) |
| polite (mashita) | 見破りました(みやぶりました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 見破らなかった(みやぶらなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 見破りませんでした(みやぶりませんでした) |
| Te form | 見破って(みやぶって) |
| Potential | 見破れる(みやぶれる) |
| Passive | 見破られる(みやぶられる) |
| Causative | 見破らせる(みやぶらせる) |
| Causative passive | 見破らせられる・見破らされる(みやぶらせられる・みやぶらされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 見破れば(みやぶれば) |
| tara | 見破ったら(みやぶったら) |
| Volitional | 見破ろう(みやぶろう) |
| polite (mashou) | 見破りましょう(みやぶりましょう) |
| Imperative | 見破れ(みやぶれ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related看破かんぱWrittenWritten/formal prose. Seeing through the truth; synonymous with 「見破る」 but more formal, as in 「嘘を看破する」.
- Antonym欺くあざむくNeutralNeutral. To deceive or trick someone — the opposite of the seeing-through expressed by 「見破る」.
Use 「見破る」 to see through lies, tricks and disguises, as in 「嘘を見破る」「正体を見破る」. In written prose 「看破」 is the choice. For seeing through to the essence, use 「見抜く」; for deceiving, 「欺く」.
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