見かける (mikakeru) Japanese meaning: happen to see | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000見かける · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 見かける | 見かけない |
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| Polite | 見かけます | 見かけません |
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| Past polite | 見かけました | 見かけませんでした |
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| Past | 見かけた | 見かけなかった |
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| Te-form | 見かけて | 見かけないで |
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| Desire | 見かけたい | 見かけたくない |
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| Potential | 見かけられるalso 見かけれる | 見かけられないalso 見かけれない |
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| Passive | 見かけられる | 見かけられない |
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| Causative | 見かけさせる | 見かけさせない |
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| Causative passive | 見かけさせられる | 見かけさせられない |
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| Volitional | 見かけよう | |
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| Polite volitional | 見かけましょう | |
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| Imperative | 見かけろ | 見かけるな |
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| Conditional | 見かければ | 見かけなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 見かけたら | 見かけなかったら |
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I often see him at the station.
I caught sight of a rare bird around here.
Usage patterns
〈場所〉で〈人〉を見かけるto happen to see someone at a place
I happened to see an old classmate at the station.
よく見かけるto often see (something/someone)
I often see stray cats around here lately.
最近見かけないhaven't seen (someone/something) lately
I haven't seen him around lately.
見かけたことがあるto have seen (someone/something) before
That's a face I've seen somewhere before.
Expressions
見かけによらずin contrast to one's appearance; despite how one looks 見かけによらないdoes not match one's appearance; looks can be deceiving 人は見かけによらぬものappearances can be deceiving; don't judge a book by its cover
