見み舞まい客きゃく

noun

visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor

Refers to someone who visits a person who is ill, hospitalized, or in distress. The gloss 'inquirer' is rare and mostly covered by the broader sense.

• 病びょう院いんに見み舞まい客きゃくがたくさん来きた。

  Many visitors came to the hospital.

• 彼かれは入にゅう院いん中ちゅうの友とも達だちの見み舞まい客きゃくとして毎まい日にち通かよった。

  He went every day as a visitor to his hospitalized friend.