見破る・看破る|みやぶるmiyaburu[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
見破る見破る(みやぶる) is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners. It is written with kanji and kana.
看破る看破る(みやぶる) is a rarely used kanji-and-kana variant of 見破る, so learners will seldom encounter it and should generally choose 見破る instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
    私には彼かれのうそが見破みやぶれなかった。↗
    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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 秘密ひみつ・計略けいりゃくなどを見抜みぬく。
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