迎むかえる

1. 1to go out to meet ; to receive ; to welcome ; to greet ; to salute ; to hail
2. 2to call for ; to summon ; to invite
3. 3to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family) ; to take (e.g. a wife)
4. 4to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.) ; to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.) ; to approach (e.g. death)

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JMdict entry 1253190 · frequency rank 24. Source and licence.