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意を迎える (いをむかえる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

意いを迎むかえる

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

cater to another's wish; accommodate; be agreeable

Used when someone adjusts their behavior or opinion to please another person, often in social or hierarchical contexts.

上じょう司しの意いを迎むかえるために、彼かれは自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを曲まげた。
He bent his own opinion to cater to his boss's wishes.

彼かの

女じょ

は

いつも

相あい

手て

の

意い

を

迎むか

えよう

と

する

。

She always tries to accommodate the other person's wishes.

Kanji

意idea, mind, heart
迎welcome, meet, greet

Similar words

気きに入いる
気に入る means 'to be liked' or 'to suit one's taste,' focusing on the result of pleasing someone, while 意を迎える emphasizes the active effort to cater to someone's wishes.
合あわせる
合わせる is a general verb for 'to match' or 'to adjust,' while 意を迎える specifically means adjusting to someone's intentions or desires.

Etymology

The expression combines 意 (い, 'mind, intention') with 迎える (むかえる, 'to welcome, to receive'), literally meaning 'to welcome someone's intention.' The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a set phrase in modern Japanese.