Word Meaning 見舞い

みまい mimai

見舞い is read as みまい (mimai) and means get-well gifts.

Meaning

English

  1. get-well gifts
  2. get-well letters
  3. visiting ill or distressed people
  4. writing get-well letters
  5. expression of sympathy
  6. expression of concern
  7. enquiry
  8. inquiry

Reading

Kana

みまい

Romaji

mimai

Writing Variants

  • 見舞 みまい mimai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 4891 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

見舞う

みまう

to attack

見舞金

みまいきん

(monetary) present to a person in distress

見舞い品

みまいひん

goods offered to a person in distress

見舞い状

みまいじょう

get-well card

見舞客

みまいきゃく

visitor to a sick or distressed person

金時の火事見舞い

きんときのかじみまい

going bright red (esp. after drinking)

通夜見舞い

つやみまい

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

病気見舞

びょうきみまい

get-well card (gift, letter)

水見舞

みずみまい

visiting sufferers after a flood

火事見舞

かじみまい

post-fire visit to express sympathy

お見舞

おみまい

calling on someone who is ill

Example Sentences

10

Thank you for coming.

How are you getting along in this hot weather?

I went to the hospital to see my uncle.

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

I went to the hospital to see my wife.

Father visited my uncle in hospital.

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.