迎え

• 読み: むかえ
• ローマ字: mukae
• 漢字の分解: 迎 (mukae/gei) — welcome, meet, greet
• 発音: /mɯ.ka.e/

意味

Meeting; greeting; welcoming. A person or act of picking someone up at a designated place.

A noun derived from the verb 迎える (to welcome, to go to meet). Most commonly used in お迎え, referring to picking someone up — especially children from school or guests at a station. Contrasts with 見送り (seeing off). Common expressions include 迎えに行く (to go pick someone up) and 迎えが来る (the pickup has arrived).

例文

1. 母が駅まで迎えに来てくれた。
2. 子供の迎えに幼稚園へ行く。
3. 空港で迎えの人が名前の札を持っていた。

使い方ガイド

場面: transportation, childcare, hospitality

トーン: warm

起源と歴史

From the verb 迎える. The kanji 迎 combines 辶 (movement radical) with a phonetic component, meaning to go toward someone to receive them. The い-stem nominalization creates the noun form.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal