招き|まねきmaneki[3]odaka (tail-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nouninvitation
    お招まねき下くださってありがとうございました。↗
    It was kind of you to invite us.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym招待しょうたいNeutralInviting and entertaining guests; works in both formal and everyday settings, as in 「招待状」「友達を家に招待する」. 「招き」 is the more native Japanese word.
  • Synonym誘いさそいNeutralA casual invitation, which can also be a temptation, as in 「誘いを断る」. 「招き」 is the more formal of the two.
  • Synonym招請しょうせいWrittenWritten, formal word for officially inviting foreign guests or experts, as in 「招請講演」. 「招き」 is the everyday term.
  • SynonymインビテーションNeutralLoanword for an invitation or the invitation card itself; mostly at events and in business. For everyday invitations, 「招待」 or 「招き」 is the usual choice.
  • Related勧誘かんゆうNeutralPersuading someone to join or buy, as in 「保険の勧誘」 — recruiting or sales talk. 「招き」 is simply inviting someone as a guest.
  • Relatedお呼びおよびCasualPolite term for being called to come or being invited, as in 「お呼びがかかる」「先生のお呼び」. 「招き」 focuses on inviting someone as a guest.

「招き」 is the default for being invited as a guest (「お招きいただき」); 「招待」 is inviting and entertaining guests; 「誘い」 is a casual invitation; 「勧誘」 is recruiting or sales; 「招請」 is formal, for experts or foreign guests; インビテーション is a loanword for event invitations.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 招まねくこと。招待しょうたい。
  2. 招まねき看板かんばん。
  3. 烏帽子えぼしの正面しょうめんにある、立りっ烏帽子えぼしでは上部じょうぶにある前まえへ突き出つきでた部分ぶぶん、折おり烏帽子えぼしでは三角形さんかっけいの部分ぶぶん。
  4. 江戸えど時代じだい、劇場げきじょうの木戸きどで役者やくしゃの名なを読み上よみあげたり声色こわいろを使つかったりして客きゃくを呼よぶ人ひと。
  5. 近世きんせい、幟のぼりなどの竿さおの先さきに付つけた細長ほそながい小旗こばた。
  6. 近世きんせい、船ふねから他船たせんや陸りくに合図あいずするため掲かかげた標識ひょうしき。
  7. 「まねく」の連用形れんようけい。
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