imperative form (命令形)
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The bare imperative: 聞け ('listen!'), 行け ('go!'), 見ろ/見よ ('look!'). Direct and forceful, typically used by males, in military contexts, or in literary/proverbial language. 見よ is the classical form of 見ろ. Often appears inside quotations even when the surrounding speech is more polite.