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見守る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見み守まもる	見み守まもらない
Polite	見み守まもります	見み守まもりません
Past polite	見み守まもりました	見み守まもりませんでした
Past	見み守まもった	見み守まもらなかった
Te-form	見み守まもって	見み守まもらないで
Desire	見み守まもりたい	見み守まもりたくない
Potential	見み守まもれる	見み守まもれない
Passive	見み守まもられる	見み守まもられない
Causative	見み守まもらせる	見み守まもらせない
Causative passive	見み守まもらせられるalso 見み守まもらされる	見み守まもらせられないalso 見み守まもらされない
Volitional	見み守まもろう
Polite volitional	見み守まもりましょう
Imperative	見み守まもれ	見み守まもるな
Conditional	見み守まもれば	見み守まもらなければ
Tara conditional	見み守まもったら	見み守まもらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

watch over; keep an eye on; look after

Watching someone or something with care, concern, or protective attention; often implies a sense of guardianship or monitoring for safety.

親おやは子こどもの成せい長ちょうを温あたたかく見み守まもる。
Parents warmly watch over their children's growth.
防ぼう犯はんカメラが店みせの入いり口ぐちを見み守まもっている。
A security camera is keeping an eye on the store entrance.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

watch intently; gaze at; observe closely

Watching something with focused attention, often to see what will happen or to follow a development; can be neutral or curious rather than protective.

彼かれらは試し合あいの行方ゆくえを見み守まもった。
They watched intently to see how the match would turn out.
科か学がく者しゃたちは実じっ験けんの経けい過かを見み守まもっている。
The scientists are closely observing the progress of the experiment.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を見み守まもるto watch over someone
母ははは遠とおくから子こ供どもを見み守まもっていた。
The mother watched over her child from a distance.
〈人ひと〉の成せい長ちょうを見み守まもるto watch over someone's growth or development
先せん生せいは生せい徒とたちの成せい長ちょうを見み守まもっている。
The teacher watches over the students' growth.
〈事こと〉〉の行方ゆくえを見守みまもるto watch closely to see how something turns out
国こく民みんは選せん挙きょの行方ゆくえを見み守まもった。
The citizens watched closely to see how the election would turn out.
じっと見み守まもるto watch intently without moving
彼かれは試し合あいの結けっ果かをじっと見み守まもった。
He watched intently for the result of the match.

Expressions

暖あたたかい目めで見み守まもるwatch over warmly; give someone a chance; not be harsh on someone

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
守guard, protect, defend
戍protection

Related words· 10

見み張はるN1sense 1
見張る means to keep watch for danger or security purposes, while 見守る is watching with care or affection rather than suspicion.
観かん察さつN3sense 2
観察する is a formal, systematic term for observation (as in science), whereas 見守る is a warmer, everyday word for watching over something.
注ちゅう視し sense 2
注視する means to fix one's attention closely on something, often neutrally, while 見守る usually carries a sense of concern or care.
監かん視しN1sense 1
監視する implies watching for control or security, often with suspicion, whereas 見守る implies watching with concern or protection.

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見みつめるN2sense 2
見つめる means to gaze fixedly at something up close, while 見守る implies watching over time, often from a distance, with care.
目めが届とどくN1
見守る means to watch over or observe protectively, while 目が届く emphasizes that one's attention or supervision physically reaches and covers someone or something.
見み届とどけるN1
見守る means to watch over protectively or attentively, often without a clear endpoint, while 見届ける focuses on staying until the end to confirm the result.
様よう子すを見みる
見守る means to watch over someone or something with care or concern, whereas 様子を見る is a neutral, temporary act of observing before taking action.
静せい観かん
見守る is a common verb for watching over someone or something with care or concern, while 静観 is a more formal noun for deliberately refraining from intervention.
見みるN5
見守る emphasizes watching over someone protectively without necessarily acting, while 見る in its caretaking sense often implies actively tending to needs.

Opposites

見み捨すてるN1sense 1
見捨てる means to abandon or desert someone, the opposite of 見守る's sense of watching over and caring for them.
目めを離はなすN1
目を離す means to stop watching and let one's attention lapse, while 見守る means to keep a steady, attentive watch over someone or something.
見み放はなすN1
見守る means to watch over and support someone, the opposite of 見放す, which means to give up on and stop caring for them.

Don't confuse with

守まもるN3
見守る means to watch over or observe attentively without necessarily acting, while 守る means to actively protect or uphold something.
見み送おくるN3
見送る means to see someone off or let something pass, while 見守る means to watch over someone protectively, and the two are easily confused because both begin with 見.

Written forms

見み守まもるUsage99%
Standard kanji form; high priority.
みまもるUsage1%
見み戍まもるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not used in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 見る (miru, 'to see') and 守る (mamoru, 'to protect'), literally 'to see and protect'. The kanji 守 conveys the nuance of guarding or watching over.