招く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
招
まね
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
The ubiquitous maneki neko.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まね​く [mànéꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ne̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "招く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
招く まね​く [mànéꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 招け まね​け [mànéꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 招かれる まねかれ​る [mànékáréꜜrù]
Causative 招かせる まねかせ​る [mànékáséꜜrù]
Potential 招ける まねけ​る [mànékéꜜrù]
Volitional 招こう まねこ​ー [mànékóꜜò]
Negative 招かない まねか​ない [mànékáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 招かなかった まねか​なかった [mànékáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 招きます まねきま​す [mànékímáꜜsù]
Perfective 招いた まね​いた [mànéꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 招いて まね​いて [mànéꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 招けば まね​けば [mànéꜜkèbà]

Verb

招(まね)く • (maneku) transitive godan (stem 招(まね)き (maneki), past 招(まね)いた (maneita))

  1. to beckon
  2. to incur, to invite, to lead to, to bring about
    Synonyms: 招待 (shōtai), 誘う (sasou)
    友達(ともだち)を|家|(いえ)に招(まね)く
    tomodachi o ie ni maneku
    to invite a friend to one’s house

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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