見張る (みはる, miharu) Japanese meaning: stand watch | Kotomora

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見張る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見み張はる	見み張はらない
Polite	見み張はります	見み張はりません
Past polite	見み張はりました	見み張はりませんでした
Past	見み張はった	見み張はらなかった
Te-form	見み張はって	見み張はらないで
Desire	見み張はりたい	見み張はりたくない
Potential	見み張はれる	見み張はれない
Passive	見み張はられる	見み張はられない
Causative	見み張はらせる	見み張はらせない
Causative passive	見み張はらせられるalso 見み張はらされる	見み張はらせられないalso 見み張はらされない
Volitional	見み張はろう
Polite volitional	見み張はりましょう
Imperative	見み張はれ	見み張はるな
Conditional	見み張はれば	見み張はらなければ
Tara conditional	見み張はったら	見み張はらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

stand watch; stand guard; keep a lookout

Only when written 見張る / 見はる

Used for watching over a place or person to prevent trouble, or keeping a lookout for something. Often implies vigilance.

警けい備び員いんが夜よるのビルを見み張はっている。

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread
瞠stare intently

Related words

見み守まもるN1sense 1
見守る means to watch over someone or something protectively and with care, while 見張る emphasizes guarding against or watching for potential trouble.
監かん視しN1sense 1
監視する is a more formal, systematic word for surveillance or monitoring, whereas 見張る is the everyday word for standing watch or keeping a lookout.
警けい戒かいN2sense 1
警戒する means to be on guard or alert against danger in general, while 見張る specifically involves watching a place or person to catch trouble as it happens.
張はるN5
見張る is the clear everyday verb for watching or guarding, while 張る in this sense sounds more like staking out a person or place, as in detective work.
見み回まわるN2
見張る means to keep watch from a fixed position, while 見回る implies actively moving around an area to check on it.

Don't confuse with

見み晴はらすN1
見張る means to keep watch over or guard something, which learners can confuse with 見晴らす (to command a scenic view) due to the shared 見 and similar reading.
威い張ばるN2
見張る (to keep watch, stand guard) shares the kanji 張る with 威張る (to act arrogantly) but means something entirely different.

Word family

見み張はり
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance
見み張はり台だい
watchtower; lookout tower
見み張はり役やく
lookout; guard; person on watch
見み張はり所しょ
lookout; watchhouse

Written forms

見み張はるUsage75%
Standard kanji form; high priority.
みはるUsage12%
瞠みはるUsage7%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.
見みはるUsage6%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of 見 (mi, 'seeing') and 張る (haru, 'to stretch, spread'). The original image is of stretching one's gaze or attention to cover an area, leading to 'keep watch'. The sense 'open eyes wide' comes from the idea of stretching the eyelids.

見み張はる

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