顧みる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 顧 |
| Grade: S |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 省みる |
Etymology
From 帰り (kaeri, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 帰る (kaeru, “to go home, return”).) + 見る (miru, “to look, watch, take care”).
The み (mi) is written as an okurigana to indicate the reading of 顧.
Pronunciation
Verb
顧みる • (kaerimiru) ←かへりみる (kaferimiru)?transitive ichidan (stem 顧み (kaerimi), past 顧みた (kaerimita))
- reconsider, look back, take notice of; regard (“consider, take notice of, look upon, to consider to have value, to respect.”)
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 顧み | かえりみ | kaerimi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 顧み | かえりみ | kaerimi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 顧みる | かえりみる | kaerimiru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 顧みる | かえりみる | kaerimiru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 顧みれ | かえりみれ | kaerimire |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 顧みよ¹ 顧みろ² |
かえりみよ¹ かえりみろ² |
kaerimiyo¹ kaerimiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 顧みられる | かえりみられる | kaerimirareru |
| Causative | 顧みさせる 顧みさす |
かえりみさせる かえりみさす |
kaerimisaseru kaerimisasu |
| Potential | 顧みられる 顧みれる³ |
かえりみられる かえりみれる³ |
kaerimirareru kaerimireru³ |
| Volitional | 顧みよう | かえりみよう | kaerimiyō |
| Negative | 顧みない 顧みぬ 顧みん |
かえりみない かえりみぬ かえりみん |
kaeriminai kaeriminu kaerimin |
| Negative continuative | 顧みず | かえりみず | kaerimizu |
| Formal | 顧みます | かえりみます | kaerimimasu |
| Perfective | 顧みた | かえりみた | kaerimita |
| Conjunctive | 顧みて | かえりみて | kaerimite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 顧みれば | かえりみれば | kaerimireba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 顧み | かへりみ | kaferimi |
| Continuative (連用形) | 顧み | かへりみ | kaferimi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 顧みる | かへりみる | kaferimiru |
| Attributive (連体形) | 顧みる | かへりみる | kaferimiru |
| Realis (已然形) | 顧みれ | かへりみれ | kaferimire |
| Imperative (命令形) | 顧みよ | かへりみよ | kaferimiyo |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 顧みず | かへりみず | kaferimizu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 顧みれど | かへりみれど | kaferimiredo |
| Causal conjunction | 顧みれば | かへりみれば | kaferimireba |
| Conditional conjunction | 顧みば | かへりみば | kaferimiba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 顧みき | かへりみき | kaferimiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 顧みけり | かへりみけり | kaferimikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 顧みつ | かへりみつ | kaferimitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 顧みぬ | かへりみぬ | kaferiminu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 顧みたり | かへりみたり | kaferimitari |
| Volitional | 顧みむ | かへりみむ | kaferimimu |
Synonyms
- 反省する (hansei suru)
References
- “顧みる”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026