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迎え むかえ N3

  1. greeting; meeting; welcome
  2. person sent to meet a visitor

迎える むかえる N4

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

迎え撃つ むかえうつ

  1. to confront; to engage (the approaching enemy); to intercept; to meet (the enemy) and attack

迎えに来る むかえにくる

  1. to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up

迎えに行く むかえにいく

  1. to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up

迎え主 むかえぬし

  1. caretaker (of a rescue pet); pet adopter

迎え人 むかえびと

  1. person who goes to greet someone (e.g. at the airport)

迎え入れる むかえいれる

  1. to show in; to usher in

迎え火 むかえび

  1. welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival)

迎え舌 むかえした

  1. sticking out one's tongue when putting food in one's mouth
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