見送る (みおくる, miokuru) Japanese meaning: see off | Kotomora

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見送る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見み送おくる	見み送おくらない
Polite	見み送おくります	見み送おくりません
Past polite	見み送おくりました	見み送おくりませんでした
Past	見み送おくった	見み送おくらなかった
Te-form	見み送おくって	見み送おくらないで
Desire	見み送おくりたい	見み送おくりたくない
Potential	見み送おくれる	見み送おくれない
Passive	見み送おくられる	見み送おくられない
Causative	見み送おくらせる	見み送おくらせない
Causative passive	見み送おくらせられるalso 見み送おくらされる	見み送おくらせられないalso 見み送おくらされない
Volitional	見み送おくろう
Polite volitional	見み送おくりましょう
Imperative	見み送おくれ	見み送おくるな
Conditional	見み送おくれば	見み送おくらなければ
Tara conditional	見み送おくったら	見み送おくらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

see off; escort

Used when accompanying someone to a departure point and watching them leave, such as at a station or airport.

友とも達だちを駅えきまで見み送おくった

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
送escort, send

Related words· 8

看み取とる sense 5
看取る specifically means to nurse or attend someone until their death, a narrower and more formal version of 見送る's sense of caring for someone at the end of life.
延えん期きN3sense 4
延期する is a direct, formal word for postponing, while 見送る in this sense adds a nuance of deliberately shelving something for now rather than firmly rescheduling it.
見み逃のがすN2sense 3
見逃す means to miss or overlook something (like a chance or mistake), close to 見送る's sense of letting an opportunity pass but with a stronger nuance of failing to notice.
保ほ留りゅうN2sense 4
保留する means to hold a decision in abeyance, similar to 見送る's postponing sense, but 保留する is more bureaucratic and used for pending matters like requests or votes.

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見み合あわせるN2
見送る means to let a plan or chance pass for now, while 見合わせる more strongly implies actively suspending or holding off on something already underway.
やり過すごすN1
見送る is used for letting a vehicle, opportunity, or turn pass by (often with a sense of choice), whereas やり過ごす can also apply to waiting out time, danger, or an uncomfortable moment.
送おくるN5
見送る specifically means to see someone off while watching them leave, whereas 送る can also mean actively escorting them there.

Opposites

迎むかえるN5sense 1
迎える means to greet or welcome someone arriving, the direct opposite of 見送る's sense of seeing someone off as they depart.
引ひき止とめるN2
見送る means to see someone off and let them go, the opposite of 引き止める, which tries to keep them from leaving.
出で迎むかえるN3
見送る means to see someone off when they depart, the opposite of 出迎える, which means to go meet someone when they arrive.

Don't confuse with

見み守まもるN1
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.
見み過すごすN1
見送る means to postpone or decide against acting on something (like an opportunity), while 見過ごす means to fail to notice or let a fault slide without necessarily deciding anything.
見み放はなすN1
見送る means to see someone off or let an opportunity pass, while 見放す means to give up on someone entirely; learners can confuse them because both start with 見 and sound similar.

Word family

見み送おくりN3
seeing off; send-off · deferment; postponement; shelving · letting a pitch go by · wait-and-see attitude

Written forms

見み送おくるUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
みおくるUsage1%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the intended nuance is not tied to a specific kanji.

Etymology

Compound of 見 (mi, 'see') + 送る (okuru, 'send'). The core meaning is 'to send off while watching,' which extended to figurative uses such as letting something pass or postponing.

Meanings

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