迎える

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

意味

To welcome; to greet; to meet someone upon arrival. Also means to reach or enter a new phase.

A Group 2 (ichidan) transitive verb. Has two main uses: physically going to meet or welcome someone (空港で迎える), and reaching a milestone or period (新年を迎える, 春を迎える). The compound 出迎える means to go out to meet someone arriving.

例文

1. 空港に友達を迎えに行きます。
2. 新しい年を元気に迎えましょう。
3. お客様を笑顔で迎えることが大事です。

使い方ガイド

場面: greetings, travel, seasons

トーン: warm

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 迎 combines 辶 (movement) and 卬 (to face upward), depicting going forward to face and receive someone approaching.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal