える

むかえる · mukaeru

to welcome, to go to meet

JLPT N4 verb

Example sentences

  • トムはらいねん100さいむかえる。

    Tomu wa rainen ichireirei sai o mukaeru.

    Tom will be a hundred years old next year.

  • こんなけつまつむかえるとはおもいもしなかった。

    Konna ketsumatsu o mukaeru to wa omoi mo shi nakatsu ta.

    I had no idea it would end this way.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.