Conjugation

見せる

みせるmiseru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 与える, 決める, まとめる

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative見せますみせますmisemasu
    2. negative見せませんみせませんmisemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative見せましたみせましたmisemashita
    2. negative見せませんでしたみせませんでしたmisemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 見せてみせてmisete
    2. request見せてくださいみせてくださいmisete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 見せましょうみせましょうmisemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative見せたいみせたいmisetai
    2. negative見せたくないみせたくないmisetakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative見せるみせるmiseru
    2. negative見せないみせないmisenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative見せたみせたmiseta
    2. negative見せなかったみせなかったmisenakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain見せているみせているmisete iru
    2. polite見せていますみせていますmisete imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain見せられるみせられるmiserareru
    2. polite見せられますみせられますmiseraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 見せたらみせたらmisetara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain見せられるみせられるmiserareru
    2. polite見せられますみせられますmiseraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 見せようみせようmiseyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order見せろみせろmisero
    2. ban見せるなみせるなmiseru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative見せればみせればmisereba
    2. negative見せなければみせなければmisenakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain見せさせるみせさせるmisesaseru
    2. polite見せさせますみせさせますmisesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain見せさせられるみせさせられるmisesaserareru
    2. polite見せさせられますみせさせられますmisesaseraremasu