見舞う

Meaning

1. v5uvt
   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
2. v5uvt
   to attack; to hit; to strike; to deal (a punch)

Example sentences

• 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.

• 彼女は日曜日以外、毎日病院にその老人を見舞った。

  She visited the old man in the hospital every day but Sunday.

• 彼を見舞った。

  I inquired after him.