みとれる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
見蕩れる 見惚れる 見とれる

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みとれる [mìtórérú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲito̞ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

みとれる • (mitoreru) ^{←みとれる (mitoreru)?}ichidan (stem みとれ (mitore), past みとれた (mitoreta))

1. to be captivated and unable to look away
   • 2014, “夜明(よあ)けと蛍(ほたる) (Yoake to Hotaru, “Dawn and Fireflies”)”, n-buna (lyrics)‎^[1]:

     淡(あわ)い月(つき)に見(み)とれてしまうから

     awai tsuki ni mitorete shimau kara

     because I am completely entranced by the pale moon

Conjugation

Conjugation of "みとれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	みとれ	mitore
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	みとれ	mitore
Shūshikei ("terminal")	みとれる	mitoreru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	みとれる	mitoreru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	みとれれ	mitorere
Meireikei ("imperative")	みとれよ¹ みとれろ²	mitoreyo¹ mitorero²
Key constructions
Passive	みとれられる	mitorerareru
Causative	みとれさせる みとれさす	mitoresaseru mitoresasu
Potential	みとれられる みとれれる³	mitorerareru mitorereru³
Volitional	みとれよう	mitoreyō
Negative	みとれない みとれぬ みとれん	mitorenai mitorenu mitoren
Negative continuative	みとれず	mitorezu
Formal	みとれます	mitoremasu
Perfective	みとれた	mitoreta
Conjunctive	みとれて	mitorete
Hypothetical conditional	みとれれば	mitorereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential