Alternate meaning of 見えない when used as an expression?


I've always learned that 見えない means "unseen" or "invisible".

However, lately I've been seeing quite a few Japanese people in online games
that, upon failing to complete some (usually very difficult) task, post stuff
like "みえないわｗ" or "見えないこれ".

I've come to the conclusion that it's supposed to mean something similar to
無理, as in they "don't see success happening", but Google hasn't been able to
back me up on this theory. So now I'm wondering if that's actually a meaning
of the term, if it's purely colloquial, or if there's some other concept
behind all of this.

Thanks!




One of the meannings of 「〜に見える」 is "looks like [something]" (for example,
彼は子供に見える / he looks like a child), and while I do not have the context, I
suspect that is the usage you are seeing.

Another possibility is that they are saying something is practically invisible
because it's too fast.




One of the meannings of 「〜に見える」 is "looks like [something]" (for example,
彼は子供に見える / he looks like a child), and while I do not have the context, I
suspect that is the usage you are seeing.

Another possibility is that they are saying something is practically invisible
because it's too fast.

