迎むかい

noun

meeting; greeting; welcome

Rare noun form corresponding to 迎え (むかえ). Refers to the act of meeting or welcoming someone. In modern Japanese, 迎え is overwhelmingly more common; 迎い is mostly encountered in older or literary contexts.

See also: 迎え

• 古ふるい文ぶん書しょでは「迎むかい」と書かかれることがあるが、現げん代だいでは「迎むかえ」が普ふ通つうだ。

  In old documents it is sometimes written as 迎い, but nowadays 迎え is normal.