お迎むかえ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; person sent to pick up

Polite noun for the act of meeting or picking someone up, or the person who does so. Often used when picking up guests, children, or arrivals. Can be used as a suru-verb (お迎えする).

See also: 迎え

• 駅えきまでお迎むかえに行いきます。

  I will go to the station to pick you up.

• お客きゃく様さまのお迎むかえは私わたしが担たん当とうします。

  I will be in charge of welcoming the guests.

noun

final call; call of fate; approach of death

Euphemistic expression for the approach of death, often used in phrases like お迎えが来る (death comes calling). Not used as a suru-verb in this sense.

• 祖そ父ふは静しずかにお迎むかえを待まっているようだった。

  Grandfather seemed to be quietly waiting for the final call.

• もうお迎むかえが近ちかいと感かんじる。

  I feel that death is near.