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見つかる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見みつかる	見みつからない
Polite	見みつかります	見みつかりません
Past polite	見みつかりました	見みつかりませんでした
Past	見みつかった	見みつからなかった
Te-form	見みつかって	見みつからないで
Desire	見みつかりたい	見みつかりたくない
Potential	見みつかれる	見みつかれない
Passive	見みつかられる	見みつかられない
Causative	見みつからせる	見みつからせない
Causative passive	見みつからせられるalso 見みつからされる	見みつからせられないalso 見みつからされない
Volitional	見みつかろう
Polite volitional	見みつかりましょう
Imperative	見みつかれ	見みつかるな
Conditional	見みつかれば	見みつからなければ
Tara conditional	見みつかったら	見みつからなかったら

Pairs with見つける

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be found; be discovered; turn up

Intransitive verb: the thing or person found is usually marked with が. Use 見つける when someone actively finds something as the transitive verb.

なくした鍵かぎが見みつかった。
The key I had lost was found.
ようやく問もん題だいの原げん因いんが見みつかった。
At last, the cause of the problem was discovered.
まだ犯はん人にんは見みつかっていない。
The culprit has not been found yet.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が〈場ば所しょ〉で見みつかるfor something to be found at a place
財さい布ふが公こう園えんのベンチの下したで見みつかった。
The wallet was found under a bench in the park.
仕し事ごとが見みつかるto find a job (job comes to be found)
やっと新あたらしい仕し事ごとが見みつかった。
I finally found a new job.
〈人ひと〉に見みつかるto be found/caught by someone
こっそり食たべていたお菓か子しを母ははに見みつかった。
My mother caught me secretly eating the snacks.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
付adhere, attach, refer to

Transitive / intransitive

見みつけるN4
見つかる is the intransitive form used when something is found (物が見つかる), while 見つける is the transitive form used when someone actively finds something (物を見つける).

Related words

発はっ見けんN4
発見する is a more formal, deliberate verb for discovering something (often in scientific or reportage contexts), while 見つかる is the everyday intransitive verb for something simply turning up.
発はっ覚かくN1
発覚する is used specifically when a hidden wrongdoing or secret comes to light, while 見つかる is the general word for any lost or hidden thing being found.
捕つかまるN3
見つかる means 'to be found' in a general sense, while 捕まる (sense 3) specifically implies managing to obtain something needed, like a taxi, often through effort or luck.
見み当あたるN1
見つかる is the more common, general word for 'be found/discovered', while 見当たる specifically describes searching for something (often failing, as in 見当たらない).
ばれるN1
見つかる is neutral for 'being found' (lost items, people), while ばれる specifically implies something hidden or wrong is discovered.

Opposites

隠かくれるN4
隠れる means to hide or stay out of sight, the opposite state of 見つかる, where something is discovered or noticed.

Don't confuse with

見み当あたらない
見つかる means 'to be found' (often after being lost), whereas 見当たらない specifically describes the state of not being locatable despite looking.

Written forms

見みつかるUsage88%
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling and the high-priority form.
みつかるUsage10%
見み付つかるUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Attested kanji spelling, but marked as a rarely used kanji form; 見つかる is much safer for ordinary writing.

Etymology

Related to 見つける and the kanji spelling 見付かる, combining the idea of 見る, seeing, with a conventional つかる ending for the intransitive verb. The exact historical derivation is not specified.