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write + (and…) + I'll show you I can — declares resolve by promising to prove it through the act itself

kaite miseru

I'll show you I can — declares resolve by promising to prove it through the act itself

meaning: prove I can write

今度こんどこそ、かなら合格しごうかくしみせる

kondo koso, kanarazu goukakushite miseru.

This time for sure, I'll prove I can pass. neutral

てろよ、このかべ絶対ぜったいのぼってみせるから。

mitero yo, kono kabe, zettai nobotte miseru kara.

Just watch — I'm going to climb this wall, no matter what. casual

  • past
  • polite

Examples

I'll show you I can — a declaration of resolve, proving the ability or determination by actually completing the act

今度こんどこそ、かなら合格ごうかくしてみせる。

kondo koso, kanarazu goukakushitemiseru.

This time for sure, I'll prove I can pass. neutral

てろよ、このかべ絶対ぜったいのぼってみせるから。

mitero yo, kono kabe, zettai nobotte miseru kara.

Just watch — I'm going to climb this wall, no matter what. casual

一年いちねん以内いないに、かなら結果けっかしてみせます。

ichinen inai ni, kanarazu kekka o dashite misemasu.

Within a year, I will produce results — just watch. formal

Formation

Notes

A controllable act only — the speaker stakes their own effort on the
outcome, so no ×雨が降ってみせる. 必ず・絶対 often precede it, underlining the vow.

Related patterns

Similar

  • Both voice a personal resolve about a future act, but ようと思う is private deliberation the speaker may still be weighing, while てみせる is a public promise staked on an audience — 合格してみせる commits in front of someone, 合格しようと思う merely reports a leaning.

Lookalikes

  • One mora apart and built on the same 見る, but てみる tests an outcome ("try and see"), while てみせる stakes a claim on one ("I will, and I'll prove it") — 作ってみる is an experiment, 作ってみせる is a promise.

Same meaning

intend / plan / decide to

PatternAttaches to
ことになる
ことにする
にする
つもりだ
予定だ
ようにする
(よ)うと思う
(よ)うとする