迎える

むかえる

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet

JLPT N4 Common word Also written 邀える

Meanings

  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive

    to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail
  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)
  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)

Forms

PlainPolite
Present迎えるむかえる迎えますむかえます
Negative迎えないむかえない迎えませんむかえません
Past迎えたむかえた迎えましたむかえました
Past negative迎えなかったむかえなかった迎えませんでしたむかえませんでした
Te-form迎えてむかえて
Potential迎えられるむかえられる
Passive迎えられるむかえられる
Causative迎えさせるむかえさせる
Volitional迎えようむかえよう
Imperative迎えろむかえろ
Conditional (ば)迎えればむかえれば
Conditional (たら)迎えたらむかえたら

Example sentences

  • 迎むかえに来きて。

    Come pick me up.

  • 迎むかえが来きたよ。

    Your ride's here.

  • 迎むかえにきましょうか。

    Shall I come for you?

  • 迎むかえに来きてくれない?

    Can you come pick me up?

  • トムを迎むかえに行いこう。

    Let's pick up Tom.

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