見る - To watch?

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Hi folks,

I was doing my reviews, and for the vocabulary meaning of 見る I put “to watch”. To my surprise, this was marked as incorrect! However, when I looked in the Context section, I could literally see this:

テレビを見る

to watch TV

Am I wrong, or is this an actual bug?

Thanks!

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You can add it so it’ll accept that.

Generally watch TV would be 観る, which is the same verb with a different nuance. But it’s not wrong, they just don’t add all the possible meanings to every entry

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in a dropdown bc this doesn't answer the original question

テレビを見る and テレビを観る actually have a slightly different connotation. The former is pretty neutral but the latter is more like, watching something of consequence or watching something with directed attention.

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