Structure
Verb + とみえる
[い]Adjective + とみえる
[な]Adjective + (だ) + とみえる
Noun + (だ) + とみえる
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About とみえる
とみえる (primarily written only in hiragana) is a phrase that combines the case marking particle と, with the る-Verb見える 'to appear', or 'to be visible'.
This use of the と particle in Japanese is called a result, and marks when (A) is something that has come to a conclusion, or can be concluded. In this way とみえる literally means 'from the way it appears, one can conclude that it's (A)'. However, this translates a bit more smoothly as 'it can be deduced that (A)', or 'it seems that (A)'.
This expression is always used directly after the phrase that it is drawing as a conclusion. However, nouns and な-Adjectives will require だ before とみえる.
While this phrase is conjecture (making a guess about something), it usually implies that the speaker has done some sort of research, or has some reason that led them to 'draw (A) as a conclusion'. Due to this, it appears reasonably confident.
Fun Fact
と always 'sums up' things. As a quotation, it sums up the phrase before it as either something that was said, or thought. As 一緒 'being together', it sums up groups of things that are existing/performing actions mutually. Lastly, as a result, it sums up causes, and then illustrates their effects.
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あの親は優しいとみえる。
Those parents seem nice.
家に行ったけど留守と見えた。
I went to their house, but it seemed that they weren't home.
彼はマラソンを走ったと見えてハアハア言っている。
It seems that he ran a marathon, he is breathing heavily.
テストに落ちたから、勉強してなかったと見える。
Since he failed the test, one can conclude that he did not study.
水と見えたが、ラムネでした。
It seemed that it was water, but it was lemon soda. (One can conclude that)
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