見ゆ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
見
み
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
所見

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Derived from 見 (mi, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete or irrealis form”) of 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verb 見る (miru), “to look, see, watch”) +‎ ゆ (-yu, passive, spontaneous, or potential verb suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mʲijɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

見(み)ゆ • (miyu) intransitive †nidan

  1. 所見: (Classical Japanese, archaic) to be seen, be found

Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "見ゆ" (ヤ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 見えみえmie
Continuative (連用形) 見えみえmie
Terminal (終止形) 見ゆみゆmiyu
Attributive (連体形) 見ゆるみゆるmiyuru
Realis (已然形) 見ゆれみゆれmiyure
Imperative (命令形) 見えよみえよmieyo
Key constructions
Negative 見えずみえずmiezu
Contrasting conjunction 見ゆれどみゆれどmiyuredo
Causal conjunction 見ゆればみゆればmiyureba
Conditional conjunction 見えばみえばmieba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 見えきみえきmieki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 見えけりみえけりmiekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 見えつみえつmietu
Perfect tense (natural event) 見えぬみえぬmienu
Perfect-continuative tense 見えたりみえたりmietari
Volitional 見えむみえむmiemu

Derived terms
  • 見(み)える (mieru, modern form)
  • 数(かず)見(み)ゆ (kazumiyu)
  • 見(み)見(み)ゆ (mimiyu)

Idioms
  • 旗(き)鼓(こ)の間(あいだ)に相見(あいまみ)ゆ (kiko no aida ni aimamiyu)

References
  1. “見”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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