Japanese Grammar – Let’s watch this new anime! 🇯🇵

この あたらしい アニメ を（みる）____！

In Japanese, to form the volitional form of a verb, which expresses "Let's [verb]" or a strong will/intention, you need to know the verb's group classification. There are three main groups:

1. Group 1 (Godan verbs): These verbs generally end in -u in their dictionary form. To convert them to the volitional form, you change the -u to -ō. For example: 行く (iku) becomes 行こう (ikō).

2. Group 2 (Ichidan verbs): These verbs end in -eru or -iru in their dictionary form. To convert them to the volitional form, you replace the final -ru with -yō. For example: 食べる (taberu) becomes 食べよう (tabeyō).

3. Irregular verbs: The two most common irregular verbs are する (suru, to do) and くる (kuru, to come). Their volitional forms are しよう (shiyō) and こよう (koyō) respectively.

In the sentence provided:
– The verb to conjugate is 見る (miru), which means "to watch."
– 見る (miru) is an Ichidan verb.

To form the volitional form of an Ichidan verb, you remove the final -る (ru) and add -よう (yō):

見る (miru) → 見よう (miyō)

However, for a polite suggestion like "Let's watch," the volitional form -ましょう (mashō) is generally preferred, using the -ます (masu) form as the base. For Ichidan verbs, this is made by removing -ます (masu) and adding -ましょう (mashō):

見ます (mimasu) → 見ましょう (mimashō)

Thus, the translated sentence "この あたらしい アニメ を（みる）____！" would be properly filled in as:

この あたらしい アニメ を みましょう！

Romanized: Kono atarashii anime o mimashō!

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