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見舞い (みまい, mimai) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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I went to visit my friend in the hospital.
I called to ask about his illness.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 見み 舞ま いに 行い く to go visit someone who is sick or in trouble
I went to visit my friend who was in the hospital.
見み 舞ま いの 言こと 葉ば をかける to offer words of sympathy or comfort
He offered words of sympathy to the injured athlete.
見み 舞ま いの 品しな を 送おく る to send a get-well gift
I sent a get-well gift to my sick aunt.
見み 舞ま い 金きん を 渡わた す to give sympathy or condolence money
The company gave sympathy money to the disaster victims.
Related words 見舞い refers specifically to visiting someone who is sick or in trouble to show concern, while 訪問 is the neutral, general word for paying any kind of visit.
見舞い is used for personal, informal visits to someone ill or in trouble, while 慰問 is the more formal term for organized comforting visits, such as to disaster victims or soldiers.
Word family· 9 visit to someone ill or in trouble; expression of sympathy · get-well letter or gift; sympathy letter or gift
visiting flood victims; flood relief visit
sympathy gift; get-well gift; goods for someone in distress
Written forms 見み 舞ま い Usage 78%
Standard kanji spelling; the okurigana い is normally included.
見み 舞まい Usage 21%
Less common variant without the final い; seen in some compounds and formal contexts.
Etymology Noun form of the verb 見舞う (みまう), from 見 (mi, 'see') + 舞う (mau, 'dance, flutter'), originally meaning to go and see someone with concern. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.
見み 舞ま い 客きゃく
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor
get-well card; sympathy letter
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post-fire sympathy visit; expressing sympathy after a fire
sending food to a wake
visit to soldiers at the front; gift for soldiers on the battlefield · visit to someone working hard; gift for someone working hard
