迎える

むかえる

Readings

むかえる

Meanings

1.
v1, vtto go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail
2.
v1, vtto call for; to summon; to invite
3.
v1, vtto accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
4.
v1, vtto reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)

迎

N47 strokesGrade 8

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.

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.

Context: 迎える (むかえる)

Current word

迎えるむかえる

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

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