迎える【むかえる】
Frequency rank: 1,507.
- to go out to meet
- to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
- to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
- to call for; to summon; to invite
- to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)
Ichidan verb; transitive verb
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Generated definitions (experimental)
- to go out to meet
- to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
- to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
- to call for; to summon; to invite
- to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)
This usage is when you go to a specific place in order to meet someone or something that is coming to you.
I will go to the station to meet him.
This meaning indicates receiving or encountering something, such as an era, season, or a particular state of being.
This usage is about accepting someone into a group or family.
This meaning is used when calling or inviting someone to meet or come to a particular place.
This usage refers to moving closer to a specific time or reaching a particular point or stage in life.
Generated collocations (experimental)
むかえる迎えるきごう(むかえるきごう)to go out to meetとうちゃく到着をむかえる迎えるto welcome an arrivalしんねん新年をむかえる迎えるto welcome the New Yearきゃく客をむかえる迎えるto receive guestsゆうじん友人をむかえにいく迎えに行くto go out to meet a friendじゅうよう重要なじき時期をむかえる迎えるto approach an important periodそつぎょうしき卒業式をむかえる迎えるto celebrate a graduation ceremonyかぞく家族をむかえる迎えるto welcome familyあたらしい新しいじだい時代をむかえる迎えるto enter a new eraむかえにいく迎えに行くto go to pick someone upでむかえ出迎えwelcome (as in greeting someone upon arrival)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Art was in its golden age in Venice during the Renaissance.
Before meeting your guests, be sure to carefully check that the toilet door locks.
On the tenth of next month, they will have been married for twenty years.
Day in, day out the dog went to the station to wait for its master.
Some have come to meet their friends and others to see theirs off.