Vocabulary

What does 迎え (むかえ, mukae) mean?

迎え (むかえ, mukae) means welcome, meeting; person who comes to meet or pick up.

Quick facts
Readingむかえ
Romajimukae
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
むかえ
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonmukae

welcome, meeting; person who comes to meet or pick up

  1. 1noun meeting; greeting; welcome
  2. 2noun person sent to meet a visitor

Example sentences

  • The car that came to pick me up arrived at the airport.

  • I'll go pick you up at the station at six o'clock.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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