みかねる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
見兼ねる 見かねる

Etymology

From 見(み) (mi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru).”) + 兼(か)ねる (kaneru).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みかねる [mìkánérú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) みかね​る [mìkánéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mʲika̠ne̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

みかねる • (mikaneru) ^{←みかねる (mikaneru)?}godan (stem みかねり (mikaneri), past みかねった (mikanetta))

1. to be unable to be a bystander

Conjugation

Conjugation of "みかねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	みかねら	mikanera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	みかねり	mikaneri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	みかねる	mikaneru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	みかねる	mikaneru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	みかねれ	mikanere
Meireikei ("imperative")	みかねれ	mikanere
Key constructions
Passive	みかねられる	mikanerareru
Causative	みかねらせる みかねらす	mikaneraseru mikanerasu
Potential	みかねれる	mikanereru
Volitional	みかねろう	mikanerō
Negative	みかねらない	mikaneranai
Negative continuative	みかねらず	mikanerazu
Formal	みかねります	mikanerimasu
Perfective	みかねった	mikanetta
Conjunctive	みかねって	mikanette
Hypothetical conditional	みかねれば	mikanereba