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見舞

みまい

visit to someone ill or in trouble; expression of sympathy; seasonal greeting card

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Examples

  1. 友人の見舞いに花を持っていった。

    ゆうじんのみまいにはなをもっていった。

    I took flowers when I visited my friend in hospital.

  2. あなたが病気だと知っていたら、病院へ見舞いに行っただろう。

    あなたがびょうきだとしっていたら、びょういんへみまいにいっただろう。

    If I had known you were ill, I would have visited you in hospital.

  3. 暑中見舞いのはがきが届いた。

    しょちゅうみまいのはがきがとどいた。

    A midsummer greeting card arrived.

Common patterns

お見舞いに行く
to go and visit someone who is ill
お見舞い金
a cash gift of sympathy
暑中見舞い
midsummer greeting card

Memory tip

Normally written 見舞い with okurigana and usually with お attached. Two uses to keep straight: calling on someone ill or hit by disaster, and the seasonal cards 暑中見舞い / 寒中見舞い. The verb 見舞う also means a disaster striking — 台風に見舞われる.

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