How to Say ‘Will you look at it?’ in Japanese
見ますか
mi masu ka
[mee mahss kah]
💬 Usage Tip: [見ますか] literally asks "will you look?", but in shop situations it often means "would you like to see it?" or "want to take a look?" Context makes it softer than the literal English sounds.
Phrase Breakdown
見
mi
[mee]
see; look
The verb stem of 見ます, meaning to see or look at.
黒を見ます。
I look at the black one.
ます
masu
[mahss]
polite verb ending
A polite ending used with verbs like 見ます.
青を見ます。
I look at the blue one.
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
Turns the verb phrase into a polite question.
白を見ますか。
Would you like to look at the white one?
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