JLPT N4 vocabulary
迎える: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
むかえる0Heiban · flat
Ichidan verb (ru-verb)
Meaning
- to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail
- to call for, to summon, to invite
- to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to take (e.g. a wife)
- 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)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 迎える | 迎え |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 迎え | 迎え |
| Polite presentます形 | 迎え | 迎え |
| Polite pastました形 | 迎え | 迎え |
| Te-formて形 | 迎え | 迎え |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 迎え | 迎え |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 迎え | 迎え |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 迎え | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 迎え | 迎え |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 迎え | 迎える |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 迎え | 迎え |
| Passive受身形 | 迎え | 迎え |
| Make / let使役形 | 迎え | 迎え |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 迎え | 迎え |
Example sentences
今年のインフルエンザの流行はピークを迎えたと見られる。
It's thought that this year's influenza's reached its peak.
友達は約束したにもかかわらず空港へ迎えに来てくれなかった。
Although my friend promised to pick me up at the airport, they didn't come.