見通す

Japanese
Kanji in this term
見 通
み
Grade: 1		 とお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

見(み) (mi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru, “to see”)) + 通(とお)す (tōsu, “to pass (something) through”)

Pronunciation

Verb

見(み)通(とお)す • (mitōsu) ←みとほす (mitofosu)?transitive godan (stem 見(み)通(とお)し (mitōshi), past 見(み)通(とお)した (mitōshita))

  1. get a clear view of, see things far away
  2. see ahead, anticipate, forecast
  3. see through someone, read someone

Conjugation
Conjugation of "見通す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 見通さ みとおさ mitōsa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 見通し みとおし mitōshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 見通す みとおす mitōsu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 見通す みとおす mitōsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 見通せ みとおせ mitōse
Meireikei ("imperative") 見通せ みとおせ mitōse
Key constructions
Passive 見通される みとおされる mitōsareru
Causative 見通させる
見通さす		 みとおさせる
みとおさす		 mitōsaseru
mitōsasu
Potential 見通せる みとおせる mitōseru
Volitional 見通そう みとおそう mitōsō
Negative 見通さない みとおさない mitōsanai
Negative continuative 見通さず みとおさず mitōsazu
Formal 見通します みとおします mitōshimasu
Perfective 見通した みとおした mitōshita
Conjunctive 見通して みとおして mitōshite
Hypothetical conditional 見通せば みとおせば mitōseba

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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