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miru

見みるmiru
to look at
FromLesson 3inHardcore Japanese

Usages of miru

海うみ　で　泳およいだ　あと、　写真しゃしん　を　見みます。umi de oyoida ato, shashin o mimasu.
After swimming in the sea, I look at the photos.
私わたし　は　山やま　の　写真しゃしん　を　見みます。watashi wa yama no shashin o mimasu.
I look at photos of mountains.
私わたし　は　時計とけい　を　見みます。watashi wa tokei o mimasu.
I look at the clock.
学生がくせい　は　黒板こくばん　を　見みます。gakusei wa kokuban o mimasu.
Students look at the blackboard.
玄関げんかん　の　鏡かがみ　を　見みて　から、　学校がっこう　に　出でかけます。genkan no kagami o mite kara, gakkou ni dekakemasu.
I look in the mirror at the entrance and then leave for school.
週末しゅうまつ　に　友達ともだち　と　デパート　で　服ふく　を　見みたり、　カフェ　で　話はなしたりした。shuumatsu ni tomodachi to depaato de fuku o mitari, kafe de hanashitarishita.
On the weekend I looked at clothes at the department store with a friend and chatted at a cafe.
彼かれ　の　表情ひょうじょう　を　見みて　いる　と、　何なに　も　言いわなくて　も　気分きぶん　が　よく　分わかって　きます。kare no hyoujou o mite iru to, nani mo iwanakute mo kibun ga yoku wakatte kimasu.
When I watch his expression, I come to understand his mood well even without him saying anything.
留守るす　の　とき　に　来きた　宅配便たくはいびん　の　不在票ふざいひょう　を　見みて、　「受うけ取とる　時間じかん　を　メモして　おけば　よかった」　と　少すこし　後悔こうかいしました。rusu no toki ni kita takuhaibin no fuzaihyou o mite, 「uketoru jikan o memoshite okeba yokatta」 to sukoshi koukaishimashita.
Seeing the missed-delivery slip that came while I was away, I regretted a little, thinking, “I should have written down the time I could receive it.”
母はは　は　料理本りょうりぼん　を　見みながら、　砂糖さとう　と　塩しお　の　量りょう　を　正確せいかく　に　量はかります。haha wa ryouribon o minagara, satou to shio no ryou o seikaku ni hakarimasu.
My mother measures the amounts of sugar and salt precisely while looking at a cookbook.
子供こども　の　うち　に　宇宙うちゅう　の　本ほん　を　読よんだり、　望遠鏡ぼうえんきょう　で　星ほし　を　見みたり　する　と、　天文学てんもんがく　に　興味きょうみ　を　持もつ　人ひと　が　多おおい　そう　です。kodomo no uchi ni uchuu no hon o yondari, bouenkyou de hoshi o mitari suru to, tenmongaku ni kyoumi o motsu hito ga ooi sou desu.
They say that if you read books about space and look at stars with a telescope while you’re still a child, many people become interested in astronomy.
私わたし　は　インターネット　で　宇宙うちゅう　の　写真しゃしん　を　よく　見みます。watashi wa intaanetto de uchuu no shashin o yoku mimasu.
I often look at photos of outer space on the internet.
山やま　で　夜空よぞら　の　星ほし　を　見みるの　は　楽たのしい　です。yama de yozora no hoshi o miruno wa tanoshii desu.
It is fun to look at the stars in the night sky in the mountains.
この　地図ちず　を　見みれば、　駅えき　が　どこ　か　すぐ　分わかります。kono chizu o mireba, eki ga doko ka sugu wakarimasu.
If you look at this map, you can quickly see where the station is.
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