見み落おとす

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見落とす · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見み落おとす	見み落おとさない
Polite	見み落おとします	見み落おとしません
Past polite	見み落おとしました	見み落おとしませんでした
Past	見み落おとした	見み落おとさなかった
Te-form	見み落おとして	見み落おとさないで
Desire	見み落おとしたい	見み落おとしたくない
Potential	見み落おとせる	見み落おとせない
Passive	見み落おとされる	見み落おとされない
Causative	見み落おとさせる	見み落おとさせない
Causative passive	見み落おとさせられる	見み落おとさせられない
Volitional	見み落おとそう
Polite volitional	見み落おとしましょう
Imperative	見み落おとせ	見み落おとすな
Conditional	見み落おとせば	見み落おとさなければ
Tara conditional	見み落おとしたら	見み落おとさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

overlook; fail to notice; miss

Used when someone unintentionally fails to see or notice something that should have been caught, such as a mistake, detail, or important point.

報ほう告こく書しょの誤ご字じを見み落おとしてしまった。
I overlooked a typo in the report.
大だい事じな点てんを見み落おとさないように注ちゅう意いしてください。
Please be careful not to miss the important point.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を見み落おとすto overlook a mistake or important detail
書しょ類るいの重じゅう要ような部ぶ分ぶんを見み落おとしてしまった。
I overlooked an important part of the document.
つい〜見み落おとすto unintentionally overlook something
急いそいでいたので、つい誤ご字じを見み落おとした。
Since I was in a hurry, I accidentally overlooked a typo.
見み落おとしに気きづくto realize one's oversight
後あとになって自じ分ぶんの見み落おとしに気きづいた。
I later realized my own oversight.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
落fall, drop, come down

Related words

見み過すごすN1
見落とす is almost always an unintentional failure to notice a detail, while 見過ごす can also mean deliberately letting something pass or ignoring it.
見み逃のがすN2
見逃す often implies missing a chance or opportunity (or intentionally overlooking a fault), whereas 見落とす focuses narrowly on failing to see a detail or error.
見み失うしなうN1
見落とす means to overlook something out of carelessness without noticing it at all, while 見失う means to lose sight of something you had already been watching or following.
見み損そこなうN1
見落とす means to overlook something out of carelessness, while 見損なう can also describe misjudging a person's character with a sense of disappointment.

Opposites

気き付づくN4
気づく means to notice or become aware of something, the opposite of 見落とす, which means to fail to notice it.
見みかけるN2
見かける means to happen to notice something, while 見落とす means to fail to notice it even though it was there.
見み抜ぬくN1
見落とす means to overlook or fail to notice something, the opposite of successfully perceiving it as in 見抜く.
気きがつくN3
見落とす means to overlook or fail to notice something, the opposite of 気がつく (sense 1) meaning to notice it.

Don't confuse with

見み劣おとる
見劣る (to look inferior in comparison) sounds almost identical to 見落とす (to overlook) but has a completely different meaning.

Written forms

見み落おとすUsage90%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
見落みおとすUsage9%
Variant spelling with 落す instead of 落とす; less common but acceptable.

Etymology

Compound of 見 (mi, 'see') + 落とす (otosu, 'drop, let fall'), literally 'to drop from sight', i.e., to fail to see something.

Related words

見み過すごすN1

見落とす is almost always an unintentional failure to notice a detail, while 見過ごす can also mean deliberately letting something pass or ignoring it.

見み逃のがすN2

見逃す often implies missing a chance or opportunity (or intentionally overlooking a fault), whereas 見落とす focuses narrowly on failing to see a detail or error.

見み失うしなうN1

見落とす means to overlook something out of carelessness without noticing it at all, while 見失う means to lose sight of something you had already been watching or following.

見み損そこなうN1

見落とす means to overlook something out of carelessness, while 見損なう can also describe misjudging a person's character with a sense of disappointment.

Opposites

気き付づくN4

気づく means to notice or become aware of something, the opposite of 見落とす, which means to fail to notice it.

見みかけるN2

見かける means to happen to notice something, while 見落とす means to fail to notice it even though it was there.

見み抜ぬくN1

見落とす means to overlook or fail to notice something, the opposite of successfully perceiving it as in 見抜く.

気きがつくN3

見落とす means to overlook or fail to notice something, the opposite of 気がつく (sense 1) meaning to notice it.