迎える
むかえる
Also written 邀える
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail
- to call for; to summon; to invite
- to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
- to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)
Kanji
- 迎 welcome. Read as むかえる.
Example sentences
- 空港まで父を迎えに行きました。
I went to the airport to meet my father. - 空港へあなたを迎えに行けたのに。
I could've met you at the airport. - 家族を空港に迎えに行かなくては。
I have to go to the airport to meet my family. - 空港に５時に迎えに来てください。
Please pick me up at the airport at five. - 客たちは暖かい握手で迎えられた。
The visitors were greeted with warm handshakes.
Common phrases
- 開幕を迎える
- 誕生日を迎える
- 見頃を迎える
- 最盛期を迎える
- ゲストに迎える
- 同点で迎える
- 終わりを迎える
- ピークを迎える (ピークをむかえる) to peak (at a given time or given group)
- 最終回を迎える
- 期限を迎える
- 迎えに来る (むかえにくる) to come to meet (someone)
- 朝を迎える
- 迎えに行く (むかえにいく) to go to meet (someone)
- 旬を迎える
- 死を迎える (しをむかえる) to approach (one's) death
Words containing 迎える
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