Word Meaning お見舞い

おみまい omimai

お見舞い is read as おみまい (omimai) and means calling on someone who is ill.

Meaning

English

  1. calling on someone who is ill
  2. enquiry
  3. inquiry

Reading

Kana

おみまい

Romaji

omimai

Writing Variants

  • お見舞 おみまい omimai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 108320 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

見舞い

みまい

get-well gifts

金時の火事見舞い

きんときのかじみまい

going bright red (esp. after drinking)

水見舞い

みずみまい

visiting sufferers after a flood

通夜見舞い

つやみまい

sending food to someone's house on the night of a wake

火事見舞い

かじみまい

post-fire visit to express sympathy

陣中見舞い

じんちゅうみまい

visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort

暑中お見舞い

しょちゅうおみまい

summer greeting card

残暑見舞い

ざんしょみまい

late-summer greeting card (sent from about August 8 onward)

見舞う

みまう

to attack

見舞金

みまいきん

(monetary) present to a person in distress

病気見舞

びょうきみまい

get-well card (gift, letter)

Example Sentences

10

Thank you for coming.

How are you getting along in this hot weather?

Shall we go and visit Tom at the hospital on our way home?

I'm on my way to visit a friend who's in the hospital.

I'm visiting my grandmother in the hospital.

I'm visiting a friend of mine in the hospital.

I visited him in the hospital.

I went to the hospital to see my uncle.

I visited Tom in the hospital.

I'm on my way to visit a friend in the hospital.