む	か
迎

え

る

Ichidan verb, transitive verb

1. to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail.
2. to call for, to summon, to invite.
3. to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to take (e.g. a wife).
4. to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.), to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.), to approach (e.g. death).