迎える

Japanese

迎(むか)える • (mukaeru) ^{←むかへる (mukaferu)^?}transitive ichidan (stem 迎(むか)え (mukae), past 迎(むか)えた (mukaeta))

to receive
to anticipate (an event)
厳(おごそ)かな新年(しんねん)を迎(むか)えた。
Ogosoka na shinnen o mukaeta.
We had a solemn New Year's Day.
to take into one's family
Synonym: もらう (morau)

嫁(よめ)を迎(むか)える ― yome o mukaeru ― to take a bride

Conjugation of "迎える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	迎え	むかえ	mukae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	迎え	むかえ	mukae
Shūshikei ("terminal")	迎える	むかえる	mukaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	迎える	むかえる	mukaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	迎えれ	むかえれ	mukaere
Meireikei ("imperative")	迎えよ¹ 迎えろ²	むかえよ¹ むかえろ²	mukaeyo¹ mukaero²
Key constructions
Passive	迎えられる	むかえられる	mukaerareru
Causative	迎えさせる迎えさす	むかえさせるむかえさす	mukaesaseru mukaesasu
Potential	迎えられる迎えれる³	むかえられるむかえれる³	mukaerareru mukaereru³
Volitional	迎えよう	むかえよう	mukaeyō
Negative	迎えない迎えぬ迎えん	むかえないむかえぬむかえん	mukaenai mukaenu mukaen
Negative continuative	迎えず	むかえず	mukaezu
Formal	迎えます	むかえます	mukaemasu
Perfective	迎えた	むかえた	mukaeta
Conjunctive	迎えて	むかえて	mukaete
Hypothetical conditional	迎えれば	むかえれば	mukaereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

“迎える”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025