見送る|みおくるmiokuru[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto see (someone) off; to escort
    両親りょうしんは空港くうこうまで私を見送みおくってくれた。↗
    My parents came to the airport to see me off.
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to gaze after
    私わたしたちは彼かれが見みえなくなるまで見送みおくった。↗
    We watched him until he was out of sight.
  3. godan verb, transitive verbto let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity)
    彼かれに会あう機会きかいを見送みおくった。↗
    I passed up an opportunity to see him.
  4. godan verb, transitive verbto postpone; to put off; to shelve; to leave (as it is)
    昇進しょうしんが見送みおくられた女おんなには働はたらく励はげみがない。↗
    She had no incentive to work after she was refused a promotion.
  5. godan verb, transitive verbto take care of (someone) until death; to attend (someone's) funeral; to bury
  6. godan verb, transitive verb, stock marketto hold off (buying or selling); to wait and see
Conjugation
Dictionary form見送る(みおくる)
Polite (masu)見送ります(みおくります)
Negative (nai)見送らない(みおくらない)
polite (masen)見送りません(みおくりません)
classical zu / nu見送らず・見送らぬ(みおくらず・みおくらぬ)
Past (ta)見送った(みおくった)
polite (mashita)見送りました(みおくりました)
Past negative (nakatta)見送らなかった(みおくらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)見送りませんでした(みおくりませんでした)
Te form見送って(みおくって)
Potential見送れる(みおくれる)
Passive見送られる(みおくられる)
Causative見送らせる(みおくらせる)
Causative passive見送らせられる・見送らされる(みおくらせられる・みおくらされる)
Conditional (ba)見送れば(みおくれば)
tara見送ったら(みおくったら)
Volitional見送ろう(みおくろう)
polite (mashou)見送りましょう(みおくりましょう)
Imperative見送れ(みおくれ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Antonym出迎えるでむかえるNeutralAntonym. Going out to meet a person who is arriving, as in 「駅で出迎える」— the opposite of seeing someone off with 「見送る」.
  • Antonym迎えるむかえるNeutralAntonym. Meeting or welcoming someone or something, as in 「客を迎える」「新年を迎える」; it stands opposite to 「見送る」.

Use 「見送る」 for seeing someone off, watching them go, or holding off on or passing up something (「友人を見送る」「採用を見送る」); the opposites, for meeting or welcoming, are 「迎える」 and 「出迎える」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 去さって行いくものの後ろ姿うしろすがたを目めで追おう。
  2. 人ひとが旅たびなどに出発しゅっぱつするのを送おくる。
  3. 葬送そうそうする。
  4. 手てを出ださないでいる。何なんもしないでやり過すごす。
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