見切る
みきる
verb-godan
to give up on; to abandon; to see through
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 見切る | 見切らない |
| Present polite | 見切ります | 見切りません |
| Past | 見切った | 見切らなかった |
| Past polite | 見切りました | 見切りませんでした |
| て form | 見切って | 見切らなくて |
| ている present | 見切っている | 見切っていない |
| ている polite | 見切っています | 見切っていません |
| ている past | 見切っていた | 見切っていなかった |
| ている past polite | 見切っていました | 見切っていませんでした |
| Conditional ば | 見切れば | 見切らなければ |
| Conditional たら | 見切ったら | 見切らなかったら |
| Volitional | 見切ろう | — |
| Volitional polite | 見切りましょう | — |
| Potential | 見切れる | 見切れない |
| Passive | 見切られる | 見切られない |
| Causative | 見切らせる | 見切らせない |
| Imperative | 見切れ | 見切るな |
1.
to give up on; to abandon; to write off
To conclude that something or someone is hopeless and decide to stop investing effort, money, or attention.
あの店を見切った。
I gave up on that store.
在庫を見切って安く売ることにした。
We decided to write off the inventory and sell it cheaply.
将来性がないと見切って、会社を辞めた。
Having concluded there was no future in it, I quit the company.
2.
to see through; to judge fully; to size up
To assess something or someone completely and reach a decisive conclusion about their true nature or value.
相手の実力を見切る。
To size up the opponent's ability.
彼は一瞬で敵の動きを見切った。
He read the enemy's movements in an instant.
市場の動向を的確に見切るのは難しい。
It's difficult to accurately gauge market trends.
A compound verb from 見る (to see) + 切る (to cut/complete). The 切る ending adds the nuance of doing something decisively or completely — here, seeing something through to a final conclusion.
TRANSITIVITY:
- Type: Transitive (他動詞)
- No standard intransitive pair
- Pattern: XがYを見切る
ASPECT:
- Type: Telic (has endpoint)
- 見切っている = has given up on / has already judged
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 見切りをつける: to give up on; to cut one's losses (closely related set phrase)
- 在庫を見切る: to write off inventory
- 見切り品: clearance items; marked-down goods
- 見切り発車: jumping the gun; starting before things are ready
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 諦める: to give up — focuses on emotional resignation; 見切る implies a more rational, decisive judgment
- 見極める: to ascertain; to discern — focuses on carefully determining the truth; less decisive than 見切る
- 見限る: to give up on; to abandon — very close synonym to sense 1, with a slightly stronger nuance of disgust or disappointment