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CHAPTER 5. WHAT THE DICTIONARIES SAY 199<br />

(ii) I shall be seeing him tomorrow. Asu kare o tazunete [mimatte]<br />

miyo.<br />

f. (jiken nado o )miru, mokugeki suru; . . . ni sogusuru (undergo), keiken suru<br />

(experience):<br />

(i) That year saw many changes. Sono toshi wa kawatta koto ga okatta<br />

(ii) He couldn't live to see his son's marriage. Musuko no kekkon o<br />

mizu ni shinda<br />

(iii) He has seen a lot in his life [a lot of life]. Nakanaka yononaka<br />

no keiken o tsunde iru<br />

(iv) He will never see 50 again. Ano otoko mo goju no saka o koshita<br />

yo.<br />

g. shiru, satoru, rikai [ryokai]suru (comprehend, underst<strong>and</strong>):<br />

(i) see thepoint of the argument ronten ga wakaru<br />

(ii) Don't [Can't] you see whatImean? Watashi no iu koto ga wakaranai<br />

ka<br />

(iii) Idon't see why he doesn't come. doshite konai ka wakaranai<br />

(iv) see the use [good, fun] of . . . . . . no neuchi [yosa, okashisa] ga<br />

wakaru<br />

(v) see a joke jodan ga wakaru<br />

(vi) Iseeyou.(Amer.) Kimi no iu koto wa wakaru yo<br />

(vii) see it(colloq.) ryokai suru, wakaru (underst<strong>and</strong>, comprehend)<br />

(viii) Do you see? [See?] wakarimashita ka<br />

(ix) Isee. Naruhodo wakarimashita.<br />

h. mitsukeru (descry), miwakeru (discern), kidzuku, mitomeru (notice);<br />

(i) He saw at once that he had made a mistake. Machigai o shita<br />

koto ni sugu kidzuita.<br />

(ii) Idon't see any harm in what he is doing. Kare no shiteiru koto<br />

ni nani mo warui koto o mitomenai.<br />

(iii) Iseeagreat danger in that sort of thing. Soiukotoniwahijona<br />

kiken ga aru.<br />

i. mite miru, yoku shiraberu, kensa[kenbun] suru (examine):<br />

(i) see a house before taking it kariru mae ni ie o miru

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