むかえる

迎 える

Common word

  1. Ichidan verb, transitive verb

    to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail

    • 医者を迎えにやったとき彼が病気になって１週間たっていた。
      He had been ill for a week when they sent for a doctor.
    • ６時にホテルに車で迎えて下さい。
      Please pick me up at the hotel at six o'clock.

  2. Ichidan verb, transitive verb

    to call for, to summon, to invite

    • 彼をすぐに迎えてやることに決まった。
      It was decided that he should be sent for at once.

  3. Ichidan verb, transitive verb

    to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to take (e.g. a wife)

    • 首相は三顧の礼をもって彼を法務大臣に迎えた。
      The Prime Minister has won his services as Minister for Justice.

  4. Ichidan verb, transitive verb

    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)

    • よいお年をお迎えください。
      I wish you a Happy New Year.