No. 158 in Japanese
見る
"見る" means "to see" or "to look at."
In a sentence
彼は映画を見るのが好きです。
He likes watching movies.
Here, '見る' is used to mean 'to watch' or 'to look at' something like a movie.
この写真を見てください。
Please look at this photo.
'見る' in this sentence is used in the imperative form '見て' to instruct someone to look at or examine something.
私は未来を見ようとしています。
I am trying to envision the future.
In this sentence, '見る' conveys the sense of 'envisioning' or 'imagining' in a broader or abstract sense.
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