迎え

むかえ

meeting, greeting, welcome

迎える

むかえる

to go out to meet

出迎え

でむかえ

meeting, reception

霊迎え

welcoming the spirits of the dead

迎え火

むかえび

welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival)

神迎え

かみむかえ

rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month)

迎え酒

むかえざけ

hair of the dog, another drink in the morning

お迎え

おむかえ

receiving, welcoming, going to meet

魂迎え

たまむかえ

welcoming the spirits of the dead

迎え人

むかえびと

person who goes to greet someone (e.g. at the airport)

迎え舌

むかえした

sticking out one's tongue when putting food in one's mouth

出迎える

でむかえる

to meet, to greet

迎え撃つ

むかえうつ

to ambush, to attack, to assault, to meet the enemy

送り迎え

おくりむかえ

seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

魂迎え鳥

たまむかえどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

呼び迎える

よびむかえる

to send for

迎えに行く

むかえにいく

to go to meet somebody

迎え入れる

むかえいれる

to show in, to usher in

意を迎える

いをむかえる

to cater to another's wish, to accommodate, to be agreeable