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.

Related Words

Related: 迎(むか)える (to welcome, to greet)

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Added 2026.5.15 13:12 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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