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Illustration of 見舞う

見舞みまう

みまう mimau Play N2 Godan verb Transitive

病人を訪ねて慰める。また、災害などが襲う。 to ask after (health); to visit

Example 1

彼は入院中の病気の友人を見舞った。

He visited a sick friend who was in the hospital.

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Example 2

マグニチュード5の地震じしんが東京とうきょうを見舞みまった。

An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Tokyo.

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Kanji breakdown

舞

N3

dance; flit; circle; wheel

On reading
ブ
Kun reading
ま.う、-ま.う、まい
Radical
舛

見

N5

see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible

On reading
ケン
Kun reading
み.る、み.える、み.せる
Radical
見
Illustration of お見舞い
N4

おみまい

calling on someone who is ill; enquiry

Illustration of 見舞い
N3

みまい

enquiry; expression of sympathy; expression of concern

Illustration of 振舞う
N2

ふるまう

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain (vt)

Illustration of 見下ろす
N2

みおろす

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on something

Illustration of 見出し
N2

みだし

heading; caption; subtitle; index