おもてなし・お持て成しomotenashi

1. nounhospitality; reception; treatment; service; entertainment
   親切しんせつなおもてなしありがとうございます。↗

   Thank you for your kind hospitality.
2. noun(light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

• SynonymサービスNeutralA loanword for service, also for freebies or discounts, as in 「サービスします」; it leans commercial, unlike the personal warmth of 「おもてなし」.
• SynonymもてなしNeutral「おもてなし」 without the 「お」; the meaning is the same, and the form with 「お」 is the more polite way to say it.
• Related奉仕ほうしNeutralServing other people or society, as in 「社会奉仕」, and also selling at a discount, as in 「奉仕価格」; the emphasis is on giving one's efforts, not on entertaining guests.
• Related客あしらいきゃくあしらいNeutralThe way one handles or deals with guests, as in 「客あしらいがうまい」; it stresses skill in attending to people rather than the hospitality itself.
• Related客扱いきゃくあつかいNeutralTreating someone as a guest, as in 「客扱いしないで」; it focuses on the status or manner of treatment, not on the warmth of the welcome.
• Antonym無視むしNeutralIgnoring someone or something; the opposite of the warm hospitality of 「おもてなし」.
• Antonym放置ほうちNeutralLeaving a person or thing unattended and doing nothing about it; the opposite of the attentive care of 「おもてなし」.

Use 「おもてなし」 for respectfully entertaining guests, as in 「心からのおもてなし」; without 「お」, 「もてなし」 means the same but is plainer. For commercial service or freebies say 「サービス」, and for skill in handling guests 「客あしらい」; 「無視」 and 「放置」 are its opposites.

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1. 「もてなし」の丁寧ていねい語ご。