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見つかる (みつかる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

見みつかる

み

つ

か

る

Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be found; be discovered; turn up

Intransitive verb: the thing or person found is usually marked with が. Use 見つける when someone actively finds something as the transitive verb.

なくした鍵かぎが見みつかった。
The key I had lost was found.
ようやく問もん題だいの原げん因いんが

見み

つかっ

た

。

At last, the cause of the problem was discovered.

まだ犯はん人にんは見みつかっていない。

The culprit has not been found yet.

Written forms

見みつかるUsage88%
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling and the high-priority form.
みつかるUsage10%
見み付つかるUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Attested kanji spelling, but marked as a rarely used kanji form; 見つかる is much safer for ordinary writing.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

見みつける
Transitive counterpart meaning to find or discover something; the finder is the subject and the found item is marked with を.
発はっ見けんされる
More formal passive expression for being discovered, often used in reports, academic contexts, or news.

Etymology

Related to 見つける and the kanji spelling 見付かる, combining the idea of 見る, seeing, with a conventional つかる ending for the intransitive verb. The exact historical derivation is not specified.