JLPT N2 · Verb

見舞う (mimau)

見舞う (みまう, mimau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: みまう
Romaji: mimau
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

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 · godan verb, transitive
to attack; to hit; to strike; to deal (a punch) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

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.

Tatoeba #101413

マグニチュード５の地震が東京を見舞った。

An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Tokyo.

Tatoeba #195697

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 見舞う

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	見舞う	みまう mimau
Polite (~masu)	見舞います	みまいます mimaimasu
Negative	見舞わない	みまわない mimawanai
Polite negative	見舞いません	みまいません mimaimasen
Past	見舞った	みまった mimatta
Polite past	見舞いました	みまいました mimaimashita
Negative past	見舞わなかった	みまわなかった mimawanakatta
Te-form	見舞って	みまって mimatte
Potential	見舞える	みまえる mimaeru
Passive	見舞われる	みまわれる mimawareru
Causative	見舞わせる	みまわせる mimawaseru
Volitional	見舞おう	みまおう mimaou
Imperative	見舞え	みまえ mimae
Conditional (~ba)	見舞えば	みまえば mimaeba

Kanji in 見舞う

見

see, hopes, chancesケン・み.る・み.える · 7 strokes

舞

dance, flit, circleブ・ま.う・-ま.う · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 見舞う.

見るみるto see見せるみせるto show意見いけんopinion拝見はいけんseeing花見はなみcherry blossom viewing見物けんぶつsightseeing見えるみえるto be seen見つけるみつけるto find見つかるみつかるto be foundお見舞いおみまいvisit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)見解けんかいopinion見当けんとうestimate見事みごとsplendid発見はっけんdiscovery

Source: JMdict entry 1259990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.