Translation of 見れば


I often found sentences with 見れば, and of course the translation will depend on
the context of the sentence itself.

I learned that ば is a conditional particle, and I personally sensed that 見れば
is often being used as a conclusive statement.

One of the meaning of 見る is to judge, so I thought of 見れば can be translated to
"Judging from..." in a conclusive statement.

For example:

言ってみれば

Romanjidesu.com gave examples as follow: in a manner of speaking; as it were;
so to speak; if you like; per se

I think it can also be translated as: "Judging from what you said".

Please kindly correct me if I was wrong, thank you.




The みれば in 言ってみれば is a subsidiary verb (補助動詞), adding the meaning of "try
~~ing".

言ってみれば is the conditional form of 言ってみる.

言ってみる consists of the te-form of 言う + subsidiary verb みる, meaning "try
saying".

So 言ってみれば literally means "If I/you try saying..." → "If I may say so", "So to
speak".




The みれば in 言ってみれば is a subsidiary verb (補助動詞), adding the meaning of "try
~~ing".

言ってみれば is the conditional form of 言ってみる.

言ってみる consists of the te-form of 言う + subsidiary verb みる, meaning "try
saying".

So 言ってみれば literally means "If I/you try saying..." → "If I may say so", "So to
speak".

