JLPT N4 · Verb

迎える (mukaeru)

迎える (むかえる, mukaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to go out to meet; to receive”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: むかえる
Romaji: mukaeru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute · ichidan verb, transitive
to call for; to summon; to invite · ichidan verb, transitive
to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife) · ichidan verb, transitive
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) · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

医者を迎えにやったとき彼が病気になって１週間たっていた。

He had been ill for a week when they sent for a doctor.

Tatoeba #190749

６時にホテルに車で迎えて下さい。

Please pick me up at the hotel at six o'clock.

Tatoeba #235056

彼をすぐに迎えてやることに決まった。

It was decided that he should be sent for at once.

Tatoeba #95959

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 迎える

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	迎える	むかえる mukaeru
Polite (~masu)	迎えます	むかえます mukaemasu
Negative	迎えない	むかえない mukaenai
Polite negative	迎えません	むかえません mukaemasen
Past	迎えた	むかえた mukaeta
Polite past	迎えました	むかえました mukaemashita
Negative past	迎えなかった	むかえなかった mukaenakatta
Te-form	迎えて	むかえて mukaete
Potential	迎えられる	むかえられる mukaerareru
Passive	迎えられる	むかえられる mukaerareru
Causative	迎えさせる	むかえさせる mukaesaseru
Volitional	迎えよう	むかえよう mukaeyou
Imperative	迎えろ	むかえろ mukaero
Conditional (~ba)	迎えれば	むかえれば mukaereba

Kanji in 迎える

迎

welcome, meet, greetゲイ・むか.える · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 迎える.

歓迎かんげいwelcome迎えむかえmeeting出迎えでむかえ(going out and) receiving (someone)出迎えるでむかえるto meet

Source: JMdict entry 1253190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.