- 1. [exp, v1] to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
Conjugation — Verb (ichidan)
| Dictionary form | しをむかえる | (shiwomukaeru) |
| Polite | しをむかえます | (shiwomukaemasu) |
| Past, plain | しをむかえた | (shiwomukaeta) |
| Past, polite | しをむかえました | (shiwomukaemashita) |
| Negative, plain | しをむかえない | (shiwomukaenai) |
| Negative, polite | しをむかえません | (shiwomukaemasen) |
| Past negative, plain | しをむかえなかった | (shiwomukaenakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しをむかえませんでした | (shiwomukaemasendeshita) |
| Te-form | しをむかえて | (shiwomukaete) |
| Potential | しをむかえられる | (shiwomukaerareru) |
| Volitional | しをむかえよう | (shiwomukaeyou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | しをむかえれば | (shiwomukaereba) |
| Passive | しをむかえられる | (shiwomukaerareru) |
| Causative | しをむかえさせる | (shiwomukaesaseru) |
| Imperative | しをむかえろ | (shiwomukaero) |