もてなし・持て成し・持てなしmotenashi[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounhospitality; reception; treatment; service; entertainment
   クック船長せんちょうはその原住民げんじゅうみん達たちの手厚てあついもてなしに感謝かんしゃした。↗

   Captain Cook thanked the natives for their hospitality.
2. noun(light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

• Synonym接待せったいNeutralEntertaining guests; nowadays mostly corporate wining and dining, as in 「接待ゴルフ」. 「もてなし」 stresses heartfelt hospitality.
• Synonym接客せっきゃくNeutralServing customers — a service-industry job. 「もてなし」 is about the spirit of treating guests well.
• SynonymおもてなしFormalThe polite form of 「もてなし」, often used when promoting Japan's culture of hospitality.
• Synonym接遇せつぐうFormalFormal term for the etiquette of receiving visitors, common in workplace training. 「もてなし」 feels warmer.
• RelatedレセプションNeutralLoanword for a reception party or a hotel front desk. 「もてなし」 refers to the act of entertaining guests.
• Related歓迎かんげいNeutralWelcoming guests — the attitude shown when receiving them. 「もてなし」 is the hospitality that comes after.
• Related待遇たいぐうNeutralHow people are treated; also pay and working conditions. 「もてなし」 is only about entertaining guests.
• Related応対おうたいNeutralAttending to people and answering them, e.g. handling phone calls. 「もてなし」 stresses warm hospitality.
• RelatedサービスNeutralService; also freebies or discounts. 「もてなし」 puts more weight on the thought behind the gesture.
• Relatedお構いおかまいNeutralMostly in polite set phrases like 「お構いなく」 and 「何のお構いもできませんで」. 「もてなし」 has wider uses.
• RelatedあしらいNeutralHow one handles people, as in 「客あしらいが上手」 — praise or criticism depending on the phrase; also a dish garnish. 「もてなし」 is only entertaining.
• Related迎賓げいひんFormalFormal: welcoming honored guests, especially from abroad, as in 「迎賓館」. 「もてなし」 is not limited to VIPs.
• Related客扱いきゃくあつかいNeutralTreating someone as a guest, or the way guests are handled. 「もてなし」 leans toward warm, generous entertaining.
• Antonym無視むしNeutralIgnoring someone — the opposite of the warm hospitality of 「もてなし」.
• Antonym冷遇れいぐうWrittenCold, inhospitable treatment — the opposite of 「もてなし」; a written, formal word.

For warm, heartfelt hospitality toward guests, use 「もてなし」 or its polite form 「おもてなし」. For business wining and dining, use 「接待」; for shop or hotel staff serving customers, use 「接客」. When guests are treated coldly instead of welcomed, the opposite is 「冷遇」.

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1. 饗応きょうおう。御馳走ごちそうすること。
2. 待遇たいぐうすること。
3. 取り成とりなすこと。処置しょち。