"見舞う" meaning in Japanese

See 見舞う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [mʲima̠ɯ̟]
Etymology: 見(み) (mi) + 舞(ま)う (mau) Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|見|み|舞う|まう}} 見(み) (mi) + 舞(ま)う (mau) Head templates: {{ja-verb|みまう|hhira=みまふ|tr=trans|type=1}} 見(み)舞(ま)う • (mimau) ^(←みまふ (mimafu)?)transitive godan (stem 見(み)舞(ま)い (mimai), past 見(み)舞(ま)った (mimatta)) Forms: 見舞う [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), mimau [romanization], mimafu [romanization], 見舞い [stem] (ruby: (), ()), 見舞った [past] (ruby: (), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 見舞わ [error-unrecognized-form], みまわ [error-unrecognized-form], mimawa [error-unrecognized-form], 見舞い [error-unrecognized-form], みまい [error-unrecognized-form], mimai [error-unrecognized-form], 見舞う [error-unrecognized-form], みまう [error-unrecognized-form], mimau [error-unrecognized-form], 見舞え [error-unrecognized-form], みまえ [error-unrecognized-form], mimae [error-unrecognized-form], 見舞われる [passive], みまわれる [passive], mimawareru [passive], 見舞わせる [causative], 見舞わす [causative], みまわせる [causative], みまわす [causative], mimawaseru [causative], mimawasu [causative], 見舞える [potential], みまえる [potential], mimaeru [potential], 見舞おう [volitional], みまおう [volitional], mimaō [volitional], 見舞わない [negative], みまわない [negative], mimawanai [negative], 見舞わず [continuative, negative], みまわず [continuative, negative], mimawazu [continuative, negative], 見舞います [formal], みまいます [formal], mimaimasu [formal], 見舞った [perfective], みまった [perfective], mimatta [perfective], 見舞って [conjunctive], みまって [conjunctive], mimatte [conjunctive], 見舞えば [conditional, hypothetical], みまえば [conditional, hypothetical], mimaeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to visit to ask after someone's health
    Sense id: en-見舞う-ja-verb-6JNpwjpK Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Health Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 66 34 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Health: 100 0
  2. to encounter a misfortune, to be struck by some misfortune
    Sense id: en-見舞う-ja-verb-~Mg0bM3o
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        "2": "み",
        "3": "舞う",
        "4": "まう"
      },
      "expansion": "見(み) (mi) + 舞(ま)う (mau)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "見(み) (mi) + 舞(ま)う (mau)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "見舞う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "見",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "舞",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞い",
      "roman": "mimai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "見",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "舞",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞った",
      "roman": "mimatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "見",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "舞",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みまう",
        "hhira": "みまふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "見(み)舞(ま)う • (mimau) ^(←みまふ (mimafu)?)transitive godan (stem 見(み)舞(ま)い (mimai), past 見(み)舞(ま)った (mimatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Health",
          "orig": "ja:Health",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to visit to ask after someone's health"
      ],
      "id": "en-見舞う-ja-verb-6JNpwjpK",
      "links": [
        [
          "visit",
          "visit"
        ],
        [
          "ask after",
          "ask after"
        ],
        [
          "health",
          "health"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to encounter a misfortune, to be struck by some misfortune"
      ],
      "id": "en-見舞う-ja-verb-~Mg0bM3o",
      "links": [
        [
          "encounter",
          "encounter"
        ],
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "struck",
          "struck"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "みまう"
    },
    {
      "other": "みまう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mʲima̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "見舞う"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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  "etymology_text": "見(み) (mi) + 舞(ま)う (mau)",
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    {
      "form": "見舞う",
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          "見",
          "み"
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        [
          "舞",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "form": "mimafu",
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        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "見舞い",
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        [
          "見",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "舞",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "見舞った",
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        [
          "見",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "舞",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "見舞えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みまえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みまう",
        "hhira": "みまふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "見(み)舞(ま)う • (mimau) ^(←みまふ (mimafu)?)transitive godan (stem 見(み)舞(ま)い (mimai), past 見(み)舞(ま)った (mimatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to visit to ask after someone's health"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "visit",
          "visit"
        ],
        [
          "ask after",
          "ask after"
        ],
        [
          "health",
          "health"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to encounter a misfortune, to be struck by some misfortune"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "encounter",
          "encounter"
        ],
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "struck",
          "struck"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "みまう"
    },
    {
      "other": "みまう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mʲima̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "見舞う"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 見舞う meaning in Japanese (5.5kB)

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