見せる

みせる

to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...

JLPT N5 Common word Genki L16 Also written 観せる

Meanings

Ichidan verb, Transitive
to show; to display
to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...
to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining
to have (something) looked at (by a specialist); to have (an antique, etc.) appraised
to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor

All 7 meanings

Auxiliary verb, Ichidan verb
to make a show of (doing); to do in a conspicuous manner; to do in view of others
to resolve to do; to do at any cost; to show others that one will ...

Forms

	Plain	Polite
Present	見せるみせる	見せますみせます
Negative	見せないみせない	見せませんみせません
Past	見せたみせた	見せましたみせました
Past negative	見せなかったみせなかった	見せませんでしたみせませんでした

Te-form	見せてみせて
Potential	見せられるみせられる
Passive	見せられるみせられる
Causative	見せさせるみせさせる
Volitional	見せようみせよう
Imperative	見せろみせろ
Conditional (ば)	見せればみせれば
Conditional (たら)	見せたらみせたら

Example sentences

見みせてくれ。

Let me check it.
写真しゃしん見みせて。

Show me the photo.
それ見みせて。

Let me see that.
手てを見みせて。

Show me your hands.
金かねを見みせろ。

Show me the money.

More examples (10)

見みせてあげる。

Oh, let me show you.
それを見みせて。

Let me see that.
それを見みせてよ。

Let me have a look at it.
俺おれに見みせてくれ。

Show them to me.
ちょっと見みせて。

Let me take a gander.
それ、見みせてよ。

Let me see that.
親おやには見みせたの？

Did you show it to your parents?
この本ほん、見みせて！

Show me this book!
もう一度いちど見みせて。

Show it again.
写真しゃしん見みせてくれる？

Can you show me that picture?