見舞う
N2みまう mimau
- to visit (the sick)
- to strike (disaster)
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
探望;袭击
Examples
- 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.五级地震袭击了东京。
- 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.他探望了住院的生病朋友。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('41ab03b928'); // 見舞う
{
"id": "41ab03b928",
"word": "見舞う",
"reading": "みまう",
"romaji": "mimau",
"meanings": [
"to visit (the sick)",
"to strike (disaster)"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1259990,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "マグニチュード5の地震が東京を見舞った。",
"furigana": "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。",
"en": "An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Tokyo.",
"tatoeba_id": 195697
},
{
"ja": "彼は入院中の病気の友人を見舞った。",
"en": "He visited a sick friend who was in the hospital.",
"tatoeba_id": 101413
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "ba963502523d0a3ceab0ccebe0c4307eab08622f2739b011112351c331814e12",
"meanings": [
"探望",
"袭击"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "マグニチュード5の地震が東京を見舞った。",
"zh": "五级地震袭击了东京。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は入院中の病気の友人を見舞った。",
"zh": "他探望了住院的生病朋友。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/41ab03b928",
"JMdict ent_seq 1259990; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "378c8bdf12420f2f08aa8662dc669c248d0e9c34f5b8906a4d927223f55b0ac0"
}
}