見舞う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
見 舞
み
Grade: 1 		ま
Grade: S
kun'yomi
See also 見舞い

Etymology

見(み) (mi) + 舞(ま)う (mau)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「見舞う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		見舞う みまう
みまう
Imperative (命令形) 見舞え みまえ
みまえ
Key constructions
Passive 見舞われる みまわれる
みまわれる
Causative 見舞わせる みまわせる
みまわせる
Potential 見舞える みまえる
みまえる
Volitional 見舞おう みまおー
Negative 見舞わない みまわない
みまわない
Negative perfective 見舞わなかった みまわなかった
みまわなかった
Formal 見舞います みまいます
Perfective 見舞った みまった
みまった
Conjunctive 見舞って みまって
みまって
Hypothetical conditional 見舞えば みまえば
みまえば

Verb

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))

  1. to visit to ask after someone's health
  2. to encounter a misfortune, to be struck by some misfortune

Conjugation

Conjugation of "見舞う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 見舞わ みまわ mimawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 見舞い みまい mimai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 見舞う みまう mimau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 見舞う みまう mimau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 見舞え みまえ mimae
Meireikei ("imperative") 見舞え みまえ mimae
Key constructions
Passive 見舞われる みまわれる mimawareru
Causative 見舞わせる
見舞わす 		みまわせる
みまわす 		mimawaseru
mimawasu
Potential 見舞える みまえる mimaeru
Volitional 見舞おう みまおう mimaō
Negative 見舞わない みまわない mimawanai
Negative continuative 見舞わず みまわず mimawazu
Formal 見舞います みまいます mimaimasu
Perfective 見舞った みまった mimatta
Conjunctive 見舞って みまって mimatte
Hypothetical conditional 見舞えば みまえば mimaeba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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