Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Transitive verb
to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
Transitive verb
to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
Transitive verb
to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
Transitive verb
to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
Word usually written using kana alone; Auxiliary verb; After the -te form of a verb
to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
Word usually written using kana alone; Auxiliary verb; As ใใฆใฟใใจ, ใใฆใฟใใ, ใใฆใฟใใฐ, etc.
to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
to look; to seem; to appear
Honorific
to come
Transitive verb
to show; to display
Transitive verb
to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...
Transitive verb
to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining
Transitive verb
to have (something) looked at (by a specialist); to have (an antique, etc.) appraised
Transitive verb; Also written as ่จบใใ
to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor
Auxiliary verb; After the -te form of a verb
to make a show of (doing); to do in a conspicuous manner; to do in view of others
Auxiliary verb; After the -te form of a verb
to resolve to do; to do at any cost; to show others that one will ...
to find; to discover; to come across; to spot; to catch (someone doing)
to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be found; to be discovered
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
Common noun; Adverb (fukushi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
the present; present time; now
Noun, used as a suffix; After a time, date, etc.
as of
Common noun; Grammar
present tense
Common noun; Buddhism
this world; this life
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
to actually exist; to exist right now; to exist right in front of one
discovery; detection; finding
opinion; view; comment
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Intransitive verb
scolding; reprimand; rebuke; admonition; cautioning; warning
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
Memory Mnemonics
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
You could think of this as an eye with human legs like Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. That little guy can really see!
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