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見る [ichi1,news1,nf14] 観る [spec1] 視る覧る [sK]
みる [spec1,ichi1,news1,nf14]
1. [v1,vt]
▶ to see
▶ to look
▶ to watch
▶ to view
▶ to observe
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2217020 ご覧なさる【ごらんなさる】 1. to see; to look; to watch
2. [v1,vt]
▶ to examine
▶ to look over
▶ to assess
▶ to check
▶ to judge
3. [v1,vt]
▶ to look after
▶ to attend to
▶ to take care of
▶ to keep an eye on
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1213770 看る 1. to look after (often medically); to take care of
4. [v1,vt]
▶ to experience
▶ to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
5. [aux-v,v1] [uk]
《after the -te form of a verb》
▶ to try ...
▶ to have a go at ...
▶ to give ... a try
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2845532 みそ 1. go ahead and try; why don't you give it a go?
  ⇐ see: 2256270 見【み】 2. (please) try (to)
  ⇐ see: 1527040 味噌【みそ】 5. try
6. [aux-v,v1] [uk]
《as 〜てみると, 〜てみたら, 〜てみれば, etc.》
▶ to see (that) ...
▶ to find (that) ...

Conjugations


History:
24. A 2025-01-12 04:09:35  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
No comments or suggestions.
23. A* 2025-01-03 02:10:39  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
見る	285231235
観る	5339815
視る	82016
覧る	958
聞く	13030220
聴く	5020959
  Comments:
Difficult to see how it can be done in a useful or meaningful way. Specific suggestions welcome. The JEs don't even mention 観る, etc. The situation with 聞く and 聴く is a bit different.
22. A* 2024-12-31 03:47:38  Hendrik
  Refs:
https://dime.jp/genre/1163265/
見る:意図せずに目でとらえる。
観る:意図的に目を向ける

https://domani.shogakukan.co.jp/687957
mentions "intentionality" and then defines the two items as follows:
見る:受動的に視界に入ること
観る:意識をして視線を向けること

https://oggi.jp/6923438
見る:光景が目に入ってくることで、受動的な行為です。
観る:「観る」には意識して物を見るというニュアンスがあり、能動的です。「観察」という言葉に置き換えてもいいでしょう。「観察」以外の「観戦」「観光」「観劇」も、意識して見るという点で共通しています

https://www.zenken-net.or.jp/labor-page2/safety01_09/
「見る」は様子をみるとか、単に状態を知る程度、いわば低レベルと思ってください。
「観る」は念をいれてものを見るとか、ぐるりと見回すといった意味があります。
「視る」は目を止めてジッと見る、ハッキリと見て取るといった意味があります。

https://jpnculture.net/miru/
Provides a detailed description of meanings and usages for the 6 different "miru" characters
  Comments:
Just happened to notice that we don't differentiate between 見る, 視る, and 観る here. I wonder if we can do that the way the entry for 聞く and 聴く works, or are perhaps separate entries possible?

And for some fun, here is a prescriptive view:
https://mbp-japan.com/okayama/kikuchi/column/3307619/
21. A 2024-11-20 03:46:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
20. A* 2024-11-19 22:44:35  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬─────────────╮
│ を見る │ 224,221,018 │
│ を観る │   1,285,445 │
╰─ーーー─┴─────────────╯
  Comments:
I think 観る deserves a priority tag as well.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
@@ -24,0 +26 @@
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
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