Vocabulary

Form

to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to inquire after

verb vt
N2 freq #8

Example sentences

He visited a sick friend who was in the hospital.

The Tohoku district was badly hit by the cold weather.

I asked after my sick friend.

I've been to Osaka to ask after my sick friend.

In spite of the heavy rain, he visited his friend in hospital.

An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Tokyo.

She visited the old man in the hospital every day but Sunday.

I inquired after him.