見舞う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: S
kun'yomi
See also 見舞い

Etymology

() (mi) + () (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 まう

Imperative (命令形) 見舞え まえ

Key constructions
Passive 見舞われる まわれる
まわれ

Causative 見舞わせる まわせる
まわせ

Potential 見舞える まえる
まえ

Volitional 見舞おう まお
Negative 見舞わない まわない
まわない

Negative perfective 見舞わなかった まわなかった
まわなかった

Formal 見舞います まいま
Perfective 見舞った まった
った

Conjunctive 見舞って まって
って

Hypothetical conditional 見舞えば まえ
えば

Verb

()() (mimauみまふ (mimafu)?transitive godan (stem ()() (mimai), past ()()った (mimatta))

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

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN