むかえる – Vocabulary details

むかえる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail

どうやら私わたしを迎むかえる準じゅん備びで忙いそがしいようだ。It seems they are busy preparing to welcome me.

2. to call for; to summon; to invite

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

これで私わたしの妻つまとして迎むかえられる。Now I can take you as my wife.

4. 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)

いつか一いっ緒しょに、朝あさを迎むかえましょうね！Someday, let's welcome the morning together!

む

かえる

to meet; to greet

to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak

to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death

to approach the finale; to come to a close

to cater to another's wish; to accommodate; to be agreeable

to send for

夏なつは終おわりをむかえていた。

The summer was coming to an end.

新しん年ねんはどこでむかえたい？

Where do you want to celebrate New Year?

桜さくらは見み頃ごろをむかえていた。

The cherry blossoms were at their best.

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