出で迎むかえ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun

Refers to the act of going to meet someone upon their arrival, such as at an airport or station. Often used in the phrase 出迎えに行く.

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A person was waiting at the station to greet me.

迎むかえ
迎え is a more general term for 'picking someone up' or 'greeting', while 出迎え specifically implies going out to meet someone arriving.
送そう迎げい
送迎 covers both seeing off and picking up, whereas 出迎え is only for meeting arrivals.

Compound of 出 (de, 'out') + 迎え (mukae, 'greeting, meeting'). The reading でむかえ is a standard rendaku form.