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見届ける (みとどける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 見届ける · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 見み 届とど ける 見み 届とど けない Polite 見み 届とど けます 見み 届とど けません Past polite 見み 届とど けました 見み 届とど けませんでした Past 見み 届とど けた 見み 届とど けなかった Te-form 見み 届とど けて 見み 届とど けないで Desire 見み 届とど けたい 見み 届とど けたくない Potential 見み 届とど けられる also 見み 届とど けれる 見み 届とど けられない also 見み 届とど けれない Passive 見み 届とど けられる 見み 届とど けられない Causative 見み 届とど けさせる 見み 届とど けさせない Causative passive 見み 届とど けさせられる 見み 届とど けさせられない Volitional 見み 届とど けよう Polite volitional 見み 届とど けましょう Imperative 見み 届とど けろ 見み 届とど けるな Conditional 見み 届とど ければ 見み 届とど けなければ Tara conditional 見み 届とど けたら 見み 届とど けなかったら
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I intend to watch it through to the end.
I made sure he got home safely.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 の 結けつ 末まつ を 見み 届とど ける to watch until one confirms the outcome of something
He didn't leave the scene until he had seen the incident through to its conclusion.
最さい 後ご まで 見み 届とど ける to watch something through to the very end
She watched the match all the way to the end.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 着つ くのを 見み 届とど ける to make sure (by watching) that someone arrives safely at a place
〈 事こと 〉 が 終お わるのを 見み 届とど けてから after confirming that something has finished
Related words 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.
確認する is a general term for confirming or checking something, whereas 見届ける emphasizes physically watching the process through to its conclusion.
見極める means to observe closely enough to discern the true nature or outcome of something, while 見届ける simply means to keep watching until it is finished.
目撃する means to witness something happen, often by chance, while 見届ける implies deliberately staying to confirm the outcome.
Written forms 見み 届とど ける Usage 84%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
見み とどける Usage 13%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
みとどける Usage 3%
Etymology Compound of 見る (miru, 'to see') + 届ける (todokeru, 'to deliver, reach'). The original sense is 'to see something through until it reaches its end'.
The mother made sure her child got to school before heading back home.
After making sure the surgery was over, he reported to the family.