見舞客(みまいきゃく)

みまいきゃく
noun
visitor (to a sick or hospitalized person)
1. visitor to a sick or hospitalized person; well-wisher
A person who visits someone who is ill, injured, or hospitalized to offer sympathy and encouragement. Visiting the sick (お見舞(みま)い) is an important social custom in Japan.
見舞客(みまいきゃく)が絶(た)えなかった。
There was a steady stream of visitors.
面会(めんかい)時間(じかん)外(がい)の見舞客(みまいきゃく)はお断(ことわ)りしています。
We do not accept visitors outside of visiting hours.
入院(にゅういん)している祖母(そぼ)のもとに、毎日(まいにち)見舞客(みまいきゃく)が訪(おとず)れて花(はな)や果物(くだもの)を持(も)ってきてくれる。
Visitors come every day to see my hospitalized grandmother, bringing flowers and fruit.

Composed of 見舞(みまい) (visiting the sick/expressing sympathy) + 客(きゃく) (guest/visitor). Visiting someone in the hospital is a deeply rooted social obligation in Japan, and visitors typically bring gifts such as flowers, fruit, or money in a special envelope.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 見舞客(みまいきゃく)が来(く)る: visitors come
  • 見舞客(みまいきゃく)が絶(た)えない: visitors keep coming (said admiringly)
  • 見舞客(みまいきゃく)を断(ことわ)る: to decline visitors
  • 見舞客(みまいきゃく)の面会(めんかい): hospital visitation

RELATED WORDS:

  • お見舞(みま)い: hospital visit; sick call — the act of visiting
  • 見舞金(みまいきん): monetary gift for a sick person — money given in an envelope during a visit
  • 面会(めんかい): meeting; visitation — the general term for visiting someone in a hospital or institution
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