送迎

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 送迎(そうげい) means taking someone to a destination and picking them up, or collectively seeing someone off and meeting them.
• Basic usage: It is used for transport to and from a school or facility, or for meeting and seeing off someone at a station. Typical patterns are 学校まで送迎する and 駅での送迎を頼む.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Understand the two directions
  • Depending on context, it groups drop-off and pickup together, or collectively refers to meeting and seeing someone off.
• Difference from 送る
  • 送る(おくる) can describe sending or taking someone in one direction, while 送迎 often bundles transport in both directions.