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Verb てみせる

Show someone how to do something, or strongly declare you will do it; 'demonstrate', 'I'll show you', 'you'll see'.

At a glance

Verb てみせる means "to show by doing". It is used for demonstrating how to do something, or for strongly declaring "I'll do it, you'll see."

Verb (て-form) + みせる

次つぎは必かならず成功せいこうしてみせます。 Next time I'll succeed, you'll see.


How to form it

Put the verb in the て-form and add みせる.

Verb group Dictionary form てみせる
う-verb 勝かつ 勝かってみせる
う-verb 書かく 書かいてみせる
る-verb 食たべる 食たべてみせる
する 証明しょうめいする 証明しょうめいしてみせる
来くる 来くる 来きてみせる

みせる conjugates like a る-verb: みせます (polite), みせた / みせました (past).

Examples

  • 彼かれはそのパズルを解といてみせた。

    He solved the puzzle to show me.

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