お迎(むか)え

おむかえ
noun
pickup; meeting/greeting (a guest or child)
1. pickup; going to meet someone; welcoming a guest
The act of going to meet or pick someone up — most often a child from daycare/school, or a guest arriving from elsewhere. Polite form of 迎(むか)え with the honorific お-.
子供(こども)のお迎(むか)えに行(い)く。
I'm going to pick up the kids.
駅(えき)までお迎(むか)えに参(まい)ります。
I will come to meet you at the station.
保育園(ほいくえん)のお迎(むか)えの時間(じかん)に遅(おく)れないように気(き)をつけている。
I make sure not to be late for the daycare pickup time.

Polite noun form of the verb 迎(むか)える (to meet, to welcome). The opposite of 見送(みおく)り (seeing someone off).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • お迎(むか)えに行(い)く: to go to meet/pick up
  • お迎(むか)えに来(く)る: to come to meet/pick up
  • お迎(むか)えの時間(じかん): pickup time
  • お迎(むか)えの車(くるま): pickup car
  • 空港(くうこう)のお迎(むか)え: airport pickup

USAGE: Standard daily-life vocabulary, especially for parents with children in daycare. Polite enough for business contexts when offering to meet a guest at a station or airport.

EUPHEMISTIC USE: お迎(むか)えが来(く)る ('the one who comes to meet has come') is a softened way to refer to death — typically pictured as a Buddhist or divine figure coming to escort the deceased.

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