見つかる

みつかる · mitsukaru · JLPT N4 · verb-godan

to be found

🔍 見つかる = 見 (see) + つかる (get caught): caught by someone's eyes = be found

Built on 見 (mi, see). The -aru ending marks the intransitive partner of 見つける (mitsukeru, to find something): -eru is what you do, -aru is what happens. So the keys 見つかる: they get found, with no finder named.

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