見舞う · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 見舞う | 見舞わない |
| Polite | 見舞います | 見舞いません |
| Past polite | 見舞いました | 見舞いませんでした |
| Past | 見舞った | 見舞わなかった |
| Te-form | 見舞って | 見舞わないで |
| Desire | 見舞いたい | 見舞いたくない |
| Potential | 見舞える | 見舞えない |
| Passive | 見舞われる | 見舞われない |
| Causative | 見舞わせる | 見舞わせない |
| Causative passive | 見舞わせられるalso 見舞わされる | 見舞わせられないalso 見舞わされない |
| Volitional | 見舞おう | |
| Polite volitional | 見舞いましょう | |
| Imperative | 見舞え | 見舞うな |
| Conditional | 見舞えば | 見舞わなければ |
| Tara conditional | 見舞ったら | 見舞わなかったら |
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
visit (to comfort); go to see (someone in hospital); ask after (someone's health)
Used for visiting someone who is sick, injured, or in trouble, with a nuance of comforting or checking on them. Common in phrases like 病気を見舞う or 病院に見舞う.
My friend was hospitalized, so I went to visit them in the hospital.
祖母が風邪を引いたと聞いて、すぐに見舞いの電話をした。
When I heard my grandmother had caught a cold, I immediately called to ask after her.
godan verb (-u), transitive verb
Used for launching an attack or delivering a blow, often in a figurative or physical sense. Common in expressions like パンチを見舞う or 災害が見舞う.
ボクサーは相手に強烈なパンチを見舞った。
The boxer dealt a powerful punch to his opponent.
台風が九州地方を見舞った。
A typhoon struck the Kyushu region.
I visited my hospitalized friend to see how he was doing.
He landed a punch on his opponent.
A major typhoon struck Kyushu.
sympathy gift; get-well gift; goods for someone in distress
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor
get-well card; sympathy letter
late-summer greeting card
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