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見守る (みまもる, mimamoru) Japanese meaning: watch over | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 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
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Parents warmly watch over their children's growth.
A security camera is keeping an eye on the store entrance.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 見み 守まも る to watch over someone
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
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
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
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 Related words· 10 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.
監視する implies watching for control or security, often with suspicion, whereas 見守る implies watching with concern or protection.
Show 6 more 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.
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.
Opposites 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 見守る means to watch over or observe attentively without necessarily acting, while 守る means to actively protect or uphold something.
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 Usage 99%
Standard kanji form; high priority.
みまもる Usage 1%
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.
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.
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.
見守る emphasizes watching over someone protectively without necessarily acting, while 見る in its caretaking sense often implies actively tending to needs.
