迎える
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Transitive verb
1. 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)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
むかえる
Examples82
よい
I wish you a Happy New Year.
６
Please pick me up at the hotel at six o'clock.
彼
It was decided that he should be sent for at once.
首相
The Prime Minister has won his services as Minister for Justice.
医者
He had been ill for a week when they sent for a doctor.
７
I will call for you at seven.