using みる with the negative で form of a verb


食べてみる means to eat and see, aka try eating, but can you do this:

食べないでみる meaning "I'm gonna try not eating"

例えば

今日お風呂を入らないで見たい。臭くなりますか？




今日お風呂に入らないでみたい is a valid sentence. Don't use kanji for 見たい since it's a
subsidiary verb here. And it's お風呂 **に** 入る, not お風呂を入る.

Here are the three examples found on BCCWJ:

  * 4日ほどこちらからメールをしないでみてください。
  * 今回は（チェックを）入れないでみますね！
  * 今！ 絶対に！ 寝ないでみてください！

But the number of the examples was smaller than I expected, which may mean
this construction is relatively uncommon.




今日お風呂に入らないでみたい is a valid sentence. Don't use kanji for 見たい since it's a
subsidiary verb here. And it's お風呂 **に** 入る, not お風呂を入る.

Here are the three examples found on BCCWJ:

  * 4日ほどこちらからメールをしないでみてください。
  * 今回は（チェックを）入れないでみますね！
  * 今！ 絶対に！ 寝ないでみてください！

But the number of the examples was smaller than I expected, which may mean
this construction is relatively uncommon.

