見出みいだす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

discover; find out; detect; notice

Often used when one discerns something not immediately obvious, such as a value, tendency, problem, cause, or possibility. More written and abstract than 見つける.

• 彼かの女じょは失しっ敗ぱいの中なかに新あたらしい可か能のう性せいを見出みいだした。

  She discovered a new possibility in the failure.

• 研けん究きゅうチームはデータから異い常じょうなパターンを見出みいだした。

  The research team detected an unusual pattern in the data.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

select; pick out; single out

Used for picking out someone or something from among many by recognizing its worth, suitability, or relevance. It overlaps with 'discover' but emphasizes selection from a set.

• 審しん査さ員いんは多おおくの作さく品ひんの中なかから優すぐれた三さん点てんを見出みいだした。

  The judges picked out three outstanding works from among the many entries.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

look out from inside

Only when written 見出す · Only with reading みだす

Limited and old-fashioned use meaning to look outward from an interior. Modern Japanese would usually say 外を見る or 外をのぞく instead.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは「窓まどから外そとを見み出だす」のように、室しつ内ないから外そとを見みる意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In older writing, 見出す（みだす） may be used as in 'look out through the window' from inside a room.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

open one's eyes wide; be wide-eyed

Only when written 見出す · Only with reading みだす

Old or limited expression, typically understood as opening the eyes wide from surprise, anger, or a similar emotion. It is not a common modern everyday use of 見出す.

• 「目めを見み出だす」は、驚おどろきや怒いかりで目めを大おおきく開ひらく古ふるい言いい方かただ。

  目を見出す（みだす） is an old expression for opening one's eyes wide in surprise or anger.