Word · 単語
見舞う
Reading みまう
to visit and comfort or console
- 1 to visit and comfort or console, to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital), to ask after (e.g. someone's health), to inquire after
- 2 to attack, to hit, to strike, to deal (a punch)
N2
JLPT
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例文 · examples
彼を見舞った。
I inquired after him.
sense 1 · to visit and comfort or console
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.
sense 2 · to attack
私は病気の友人を見舞った。
I asked after my sick friend.
sense 1 · to visit and comfort or console
東北地方は大変な冷害に見舞われた。
The Tohoku district was badly hit by the cold weather.
sense 2 · to attack
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.
sense 1 · to visit and comfort or console