Look and show

Stage 2General verbsChunk 14 of 28 · items 175–177 of 484

Seeing and letting someone see: look or watch, show, and look for.

Mix-ups

mite (look) and misete (show me) differ by one syllable and reverse who does the looking; 'look for' is sagasu, never a form of miru.

miru

polite mimasudrama rank #55

see; watch; look

見る みるPlay 見ますPlay

Looking at something, watching shows and checking messages (mita?), and mite! points something out.

casualPlay

chotto kore mite.

Hey, look at this.

ちょっとこれ見て。

politePlay

chotto kore o mite kudasai.

Please take a look at this.

ちょっとこれを見てください。

Seeing a person, as in meeting up, is au, not miru.

Learn alongside: miseru

miseru

polite misemasudrama rank #265

show; let see

見せる みせるPlay 見せますPlay

Showing something to someone (X ni miseru), and misete is the standard 'let me see' for photos, phones and shop items.

casualPlay

chotto sore misete.

Let me see that.

ちょっとそれ見せて。

politePlay

sumimasen, sore misete kudasai.

Excuse me, could I see that?

すみません、それ見せてください。

Learn alongside: miruLearn first: miru, -te

sagasu

polite sagashimasudrama rank #391

look for; search

探す さがすPlay 探しますPlay

Searching for lost things, people, jobs or places, and X sagashiteru n desu kedo is the standard way to open in a shop.

casualPlay

ima kagi sagashiteru.

I'm looking for my keys right now.

今鍵探してる。

politePlay

ima kagi o sagashitemasu.

I'm looking for my keys right now.

今鍵を探してます。

Success is mitsuketa / mitsukatta (found it), not sagashita.

Learn first: -teru