供応・饗応|きょうおうkyouou[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
饗応饗応 is the more common written form and the one beginners should use. It is written entirely in kanji.
供応供応 is a less common alternative written form of 饗応, also written entirely in kanji. Beginners should normally choose 饗応 instead.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbentertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 供応する（きょうおうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 供応します（きょうおうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 供応しない（きょうおうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 供応しません（きょうおうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 供応せず・供応せぬ（きょうおうせず・きょうおうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 供応した（きょうおうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 供応しました（きょうおうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 供応しなかった（きょうおうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 供応しませんでした（きょうおうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 供応して（きょうおうして） |
| Potential | 供応できる（きょうおうできる） |
| Passive | 供応される（きょうおうされる） |
| Causative | 供応させる（きょうおうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 供応させられる（きょうおうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 供応すれば（きょうおうすれば） |
| tara | 供応したら（きょうおうしたら） |
| Volitional | 供応しよう（きょうおうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 供応しましょう（きょうおうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 供応しろ（きょうおうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonymご馳走ごちそうNeutralColloquial word for treating someone to a meal or for fine food, as in 「ご馳走になる」; it is the everyday choice, while 「饗応」 is formal.
- SynonymもてなすNeutralThe most versatile verb for warmly hosting a guest, as in 「心を込めてもてなす」; broader in use than the formal 「饗応」.
- Synonym接待せったいWrittenWritten word for entertaining guests, leaning toward business wining and dining like 「接待ゴルフ」; the standard term for corporate entertainment.
- Synonym馳走ちそうNeutralRead 「ちそう」; covers treating a guest to food or drink but also running about, usually as 「ご馳走」. 「饗応」 is the more formal wining and dining.
- Synonym饗するきょうするWrittenWritten word for feasting or entertaining guests; rarely used. Same meaning as 「饗応」 but more elegant and literary.
- Related振舞うふるまうNeutralTo treat someone to food or drink, as in 「酒を振る舞う」, but also to behave or act toward others — a range 「饗応」 doesn't have.
- Related遇するぐうするWrittenWritten word for how one treats or handles a person, as in 「客として遇する」; it centers on treatment, not on serving food and drink.
- Related接伴せっぱんWrittenWritten term for receiving and entertaining guests, seen mainly in protocol or ceremonial settings.
For everyday hospitality say 「もてなす」; for treating someone to a meal say 「ご馳走する」. Use 「饗応」 for formally entertaining with food and drink, as in 「饗応接待」 — in elections it also refers to illegal wining and dining; business entertainment is 「接待」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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