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見抜く (みぬく, minuku) Japanese meaning: see through | Kotomora
JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 見抜く · godan verb (-ku)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 見み 抜ぬ く 見み 抜ぬ かない Polite 見み 抜ぬ きます 見み 抜ぬ きません Past polite 見み 抜ぬ きました 見み 抜ぬ きませんでした Past 見み 抜ぬ いた 見み 抜ぬ かなかった Te-form 見み 抜ぬ いて 見み 抜ぬ かないで Desire 見み 抜ぬ きたい 見み 抜ぬ きたくない Potential 見み 抜ぬ ける 見み 抜ぬ けない Passive 見み 抜ぬ かれる 見み 抜ぬ かれない Causative 見み 抜ぬ かせる 見み 抜ぬ かせない Causative passive 見み 抜ぬ かせられる also 見み 抜ぬ かされる 見み 抜ぬ かせられない also 見み 抜ぬ かされない Volitional 見み 抜ぬ こう Polite volitional 見み 抜ぬ きましょう Imperative 見み 抜ぬ け 見み 抜ぬ くな Conditional 見み 抜ぬ けば 見み 抜ぬ かなければ Tara conditional 見み 抜ぬ いたら 見み 抜ぬ かなかったら
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His lie was quickly seen through.
It's difficult to perceive someone's true feelings.
She spotted the fake at a glance.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 本ほん 音ね を 見み 抜ぬ く to see through someone's true feelings
He saw through her true feelings.
嘘うそ を 見み 抜ぬ く to see through a lie
The detective saw through the criminal's lie.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 正しょう 体たい を 見み 抜ぬ く to see through someone's true identity
She saw through the man's true identity.
〈 事こと 〉 の 本ほん 質しつ を 見み 抜ぬ く to discern the essential nature of something
He had discerned the essence of the problem.
Kanji 抜 slip out, extract, pull out Related words· 12 見破る emphasizes exposing a deception, trick, or disguise, whereas 見抜く focuses more broadly on perceiving hidden truths or true intentions.
見通す often implies foreseeing how things will unfold or seeing all the way through a situation, while 見抜く stresses uncovering a concealed truth at a single moment of insight.
見透かす specifically means to see through someone's inner thoughts or feelings despite their attempt to hide them, a narrower usage than the more general 見抜く.
察する means to sense or infer something from subtle cues, lacking the sharp, penetrating certainty conveyed by 見抜く.
Show 8 more 洞察する is a formal, analytical term for gaining deep insight into something, while 見抜く is a more everyday word for spotting a hidden truth.
見抜く emphasizes actively seeing through deception or hidden truth, while 読める more broadly covers understanding or predicting a situation.
見抜く means to see through something hidden or false, whereas 読み取る is broader and covers understanding ordinary unspoken signals too.
Opposites 見落とす means to overlook or fail to notice something, the opposite of successfully perceiving it as in 見抜く.
見抜く means to see through and correctly judge a person or situation, the opposite of 見損なう's failure to judge accurately.
見抜く means to correctly see through or perceive the truth, the opposite of 見誤る, which means to misjudge or mistake it.
Written forms 見み 抜ぬ く Usage 90%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news word.
見み ぬく Usage 9%
Kana okurigana variant; less common but still used.
みぬく Usage 1%
Etymology Compound of 見る (miru, 'to see') and 抜く (nuku, 'to extract' or 'to do thoroughly'), literally 'to see through completely.'
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見抜く focuses on seeing through deception or a hidden true nature instantly, while 見極める emphasizes patient, careful examination to reach certainty.
見抜く means to see through to a hidden truth (like a lie or intention), while 見分ける is about distinguishing similar visible things.
見抜く stresses seeing through a disguise or lie to the truth, while 察知 focuses on catching subtle signs before they become obvious.
見抜く stresses seeing through deception or hidden truth, while 悟る is broader and can apply to any deep realization.
見抜く means to see through something hidden, like a lie or true intention, whereas 感じ取る is about sensing subtle cues without necessarily uncovering a hidden truth.
