How to Say ‘Watch/see (polite)’ in Japanese
みます
みます
💬 Usage Tip: [見ます] is the polite [ます]-form. In hobbies: [アニメを見ます] = “I watch anime.”
🇯🇵 In Japan: In self-intros, a common small-talk follow-up is [何を見ますか] (“What do you watch?”), especially about anime, dramas, or YouTube.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
みみ
[mi]
see; look; watch
Verb stem of 見ます (to see/watch). Used before polite endings like ます. Often for watching TV/movies (テレビをみます).
週末は映画をみます。
On weekends, I watch movies.
ますます
[masu]
polite verb ending (masu)
Polite present/future ending added to a verb stem (e.g., み + ます → みます). Makes the sentence polite in self-introductions.
毎晩テレビをみます。
I watch TV every night.
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