迎える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
迎
むか
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「迎える」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		迎える むかえる
Imperative (命令形) 迎えろ むかえろ
Key constructions
Passive 迎えられる むかえられる
Causative 迎えさせる むかえさせる
Potential 迎えられる むかえられる
Volitional 迎えよう むかえよー
Negative 迎えない むかえない
Negative perfective 迎えなかった むかえなかった
Formal 迎えます むかえます
Perfective 迎えた むかえた
Conjunctive 迎えて むかえて
Hypothetical conditional 迎えれば むかえれば

Verb

迎(むか)える • (mukaeru) ←むかへる (mukaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem 迎(むか)え (mukae), past 迎(むか)えた (mukaeta))

  1. to receive
  2. to anticipate (an event)
    厳(おごそ)かな新年(しんねん)を迎(むか)えた。
    Ogosoka na shinnen o mukaeta.
    We had a solemn New Year's Day.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "迎える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 迎え むかえ mukae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 迎え むかえ mukae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 迎える むかえる mukaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 迎える むかえる mukaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 迎えれ むかえれ mukaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 迎えよ¹
迎えろ² 		むかえよ¹
むかえろ² 		mukaeyo¹
mukaero²
Key constructions
Passive 迎えられる むかえられる mukaerareru
Causative 迎えさせる
迎えさす 		むかえさせる
むかえさす 		mukaesaseru
mukaesasu
Potential 迎えられる
迎えれる³ 		むかえられる
むかえれる³ 		mukaerareru
mukaereru³
Volitional 迎えよう むかえよう mukaeyō
Negative 迎えない
迎えぬ
迎えん 		むかえない
むかえぬ
むかえん 		mukaenai
mukaenu
mukaen
Negative continuative 迎えず むかえず mukaezu
Formal 迎えます むかえます mukaemasu
Perfective 迎えた むかえた mukaeta
Conjunctive 迎えて むかえて mukaete
Hypothetical conditional 迎えれば むかえれば mukaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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