省みる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
省
かえり Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
顧みる

Etymology

From 帰(かえ)り (kaeri, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 帰(かえ)る (kaeru, “to go home, return”).) + 見(み)る (miru, “to look, watch, take care”).

The み (mi) is written as an okurigana to indicate the reading of 省.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かえりみ​る [kàérímíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠e̞ɾʲimʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

省(かえり)みる • (kaerimiru) ^{←かへりみる (kaferimiru)?}transitive ichidan (stem 省(かえり)み (kaerimi), past 省(かえり)みた (kaerimita))

1. reconsider, look back, take notice of; regard (“consider, take notice of, look upon, to consider to have value, to respect.”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "省みる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	省み	かえりみ	kaerimi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	省み	かえりみ	kaerimi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	省みる	かえりみる	kaerimiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	省みる	かえりみる	kaerimiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	省みれ	かえりみれ	kaerimire
Meireikei ("imperative")	省みよ¹ 省みろ²	かえりみよ¹ かえりみろ²	kaerimiyo¹ kaerimiro²
Key constructions
Passive	省みられる	かえりみられる	kaerimirareru
Causative	省みさせる 省みさす	かえりみさせる かえりみさす	kaerimisaseru kaerimisasu
Potential	省みられる 省みれる³	かえりみられる かえりみれる³	kaerimirareru kaerimireru³
Volitional	省みよう	かえりみよう	kaerimiyō
Negative	省みない 省みぬ 省みん	かえりみない かえりみぬ かえりみん	kaeriminai kaeriminu kaerimin
Negative continuative	省みず	かえりみず	kaerimizu
Formal	省みます	かえりみます	kaerimimasu
Perfective	省みた	かえりみた	kaerimita
Conjunctive	省みて	かえりみて	kaerimite
Hypothetical conditional	省みれば	かえりみれば	kaerimireba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Classical conjugation of "省みる" (マ行上一段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	省み	かへりみ	kaferimi
Continuative (連用形)	省み	かへりみ	kaferimi
Terminal (終止形)	省みる	かへりみる	kaferimiru
Attributive (連体形)	省みる	かへりみる	kaferimiru
Realis (已然形)	省みれ	かへりみれ	kaferimire
Imperative (命令形)	省みよ	かへりみよ	kaferimiyo
Key constructions
Negative	省みず	かへりみず	kaferimizu
Contrasting conjunction	省みれど	かへりみれど	kaferimiredo
Causal conjunction	省みれば	かへりみれば	kaferimireba
Conditional conjunction	省みば	かへりみば	kaferimiba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	省みき	かへりみき	kaferimiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	省みけり	かへりみけり	kaferimikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	省みつ	かへりみつ	kaferimitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	省みぬ	かへりみぬ	kaferiminu
Perfect-continuative tense	省みたり	かへりみたり	kaferimitari
Volitional	省みむ	かへりみむ	kaferimimu

Synonyms

• 反省(はんせい)する (hansei suru)