How to say "send-off" in Japanese

• 見送りみおくりJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe send-off as the act of seeing a departing person off — going to the station or airport to watch them leave. It centers on the physical act of accompanying or watching the departure.
  私は空港くうこうへ母ははを見送みおくりに行いった。↗

  I went to the airport to see my mother off.
• 送別そうべつJLPT N2approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveThe send-off as a farewell — bidding goodbye to someone who is leaving, often as a parting occasion or event, rather than the physical act of seeing them off at a station or airport.
  雪ゆきのため、鈴木すずき氏しの送別そうべつパーティーに出席しゅっせきできなかった。↗

  The storm prevented me from attending the farewell party in honor of Mr Suzuki.

Choose 「見送り」 for the send-off as the physical act of seeing a departing person off, and 送別 for the send-off as a farewell or parting occasion honoring someone who is leaving.

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• 見送りみおくりseeing (someone) off
• 送別そうべつfarewell
• 予饌会よせんかいfarewell meeting
• 壮行そうこう(rousing) send-off