見舞う
みまう
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to inquire after
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-u), Transitive
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to inquire after- to attack; to hit; to strike; to deal (a punch)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 見舞うみまう | 見舞いますみまいます |
| Negative | 見舞わないみまわない | 見舞いませんみまいません |
| Past | 見舞ったみまった | 見舞いましたみまいました |
| Past negative | 見舞わなかったみまわなかった | 見舞いませんでしたみまいませんでした |
| Te-form | 見舞ってみまって |
|---|---|
| Potential | 見舞えるみまえる |
| Passive | 見舞われるみまわれる |
| Causative | 見舞わせるみまわせる |
| Volitional | 見舞おうみまおう |
| Imperative | 見舞えみまえ |
| Conditional (ば) | 見舞えばみまえば |
| Conditional (たら) | 見舞ったらみまったら |
Example sentences
彼を見舞った。
I inquired after him.
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I asked after my sick friend.
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We have been visited by a nation-wide economic boom.
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He visited a sick friend who was in the hospital.
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The Tohoku district was badly hit by the cold weather.
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Tokyo is subject to typhoons in summer.
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An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Tokyo.
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This year the region has been hit by a severe drought.
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They came to the hospital to inquire after me.
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I've been to Osaka to ask after my sick friend.
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She visited the old man in the hospital every day but Sunday.
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In spite of the heavy rain, he visited his friend in hospital.
ヨーロッパ滞在中、彼はある種の災難に見舞われたと、私は聞いている。
I hear he met with some kind of misfortune while he was in Europe.
病気の母を見舞うために帰郷しなければならないといった話をでっちあげた。
I'd made up some story about having to go home to see my sick mother.