迎える

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail
2. v1vt
   to call for; to summon; to invite
3. v1vt
   to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
4. v1vt
   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)

Example sentences

• ルネッサンス時代、ベニスの芸術は全盛期を迎えていました。

  Art was in its golden age in Venice during the Renaissance.

• 明日雨が降ったら迎えに来て。

  Come to pick me up if it rains tomorrow.

• お客さまを迎える前には、トイレの鍵がかかるかどうかもしっかりチェックして。

  Before meeting your guests, be sure to carefully check that the toilet door locks.