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Can be seen; is visible
  1. Can be seen; is visible
  2. Looks (like) A; looks similar to A
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あそこ            
Can you see the blue house over there?
17
           つけて ください  
I can't see anything so please turn on the lights.
8
                
You can see the gym from the room on the second floor.
9
あたり   だれも        
I saw nobody around.
15
             
You can see a white church on top of the hill.
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UFO  すぐに     なってしまった  
We lost sight of UFO right away.

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ANoun
 
AVerb: Dictionary Form こと
 
 
える
Basic Examples:
える (I can see a bridge)

することえる (it can be seen that he loves you)

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Looks (like) A; looks similar to A
  1. Can be seen; is visible
  2. Looks (like) A; looks similar to A
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   いつも                
She is always laughing and looking like she's having fun.
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この     すごく          
This bag looks really expensive.

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みえる
Aい-adjective
-い
える
Aな-adjective
える
AVerb: Casual
ように
える
AVerb: て-form
える
ようにえる vs. てえる
える can be considered more direct than ようにえる.
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the Basic Usage section doesn't have anything but える written - shouldn't it be something like [Noun] (or [Prase]) がえる?
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Why does this answer use に and not が? 

に  は  かれ は  とても  やさ しい に  えます 。 

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Good question! There is a variation of this grammar where, instead of "can be seen, is visible", it means "looks xxx", as in "looks beautiful, looks like a man, etc." This form has the adverb form of something (like きれいに or あつく) with える.


So, in this sentence, it says "To me, he looks like a very nice person."


Hope this helps!

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Shouldn't the 'looks like' form be separate? I came to look at the notes here because I was also confused by that exact sentence. It seems that knowing it should be に there doesn't have a lot to do with understanding that える means 'can be seen'.
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Done!
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Can these be added as well for number 2?
Verb-てform + える
Verb-casual, non-past + ようにえる

が、またたくまににしてきたんでくようにえた。
Almost at once the sun seemed to sink into the trees behind me.
hi ga, matatakuma se ni shite kita kigi no naka ni shizunde iku you ni mieta.

には、てているようにえた。
I could see he was a little upset.
watashi ni wa, kare wa sukoshi hara o tatete iru you ni mieta
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ようにえる, sure. Just added it!

Do you have an example for てえる?
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Found it in Nihongo Bunkei Jiten (pages 555-556). It appears to be a short-hand for the above examples:
れてえる = れたようにえる = looks tired

There are also some examples in the site's sentence library, such as:
にはけてえる。 - He looks old for his age.
はいつもとってえるね。 - You look different today.
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Confirmed the information and added it, thanks!
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