接待・摂待|せったいsettai[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Which spelling to use
接待接待 is the usual and most common written form; choose it when writing about entertainment of guests, especially in corporate contexts.
摂待摂待 is a less common kanji form of the same word; recognize it as a variant, but do not choose it when you need the usual form.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbentertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 接待する（せったいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 接待します（せったいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 接待しない（せったいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 接待しません（せったいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 接待せず・接待せぬ（せったいせず・せったいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 接待した（せったいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 接待しました（せったいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 接待しなかった（せったいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 接待しませんでした（せったいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 接待して（せったいして） |
| Potential | 接待できる（せったいできる） |
| Passive | 接待される（せったいされる） |
| Causative | 接待させる（せったいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 接待させられる（せったいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 接待すれば（せったいすれば） |
| tara | 接待したら（せったいしたら） |
| Volitional | 接待しよう（せったいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 接待しましょう（せったいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 接待しろ（せったいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym振舞うふるまうNeutralNeutral verb covering both how one behaves and treating someone to food or drink; 「接待」 usually means business entertaining.
- Synonym饗応きょうおうWrittenWritten/formal prose for entertaining with food and drink; also used for illegal treating in elections. 「接待」 is business-oriented.
- SynonymもてなしNeutralNeutral noun for warm hospitality and the art of hosting guests — the celebrated 「おもてなし」; 「接待」 leans toward corporate entertaining.
- SynonymもてなすNeutralNeutral verb for treating guests hospitably; 「接待」 is a noun and leans toward business.
- Synonymご馳走ごちそうCasualColloquial: treating someone to a meal, or a feast of fine food. 「接待」 leans toward business entertaining.
- Synonym馳走ちそうNeutralTreating someone to food or drink, or wonderful food; 「接待」 leans business.
- Synonym饗するきょうするWrittenWritten/formal prose for feasting or entertaining someone with food; 「接待」 is far more common.
- RelatedレセプションFormalFormal loanword for a reception (welcome party) or a front desk; 「接待」 is the act of entertaining.
- Related優待ゆうたいFormalFormal: preferential treatment or a cordial welcome, as in 「株主優待」. 「接待」 is social and business entertaining.
- Related待遇たいぐうNeutralNeutral: treatment, and by extension pay and working conditions. 「接待」 is about entertaining guests.
- Relatedお構いおかまいCasualColloquial, mostly seen in 「お構いなく」 ('please don't go to any trouble'); its basic sense is hospitality and care. 「接待」 is business entertaining.
- Related接遇せつぐうFormalFormal: how hotels and other service businesses attend to and welcome customers; 「接待」 is corporate wining and dining.
- Related遇するぐうするWrittenWritten/formal prose for how one treats or handles a person (or thing); 「接待」 means entertaining guests.
- Related接伴せっぱんFormalFormal and rare: welcoming and entertaining guests. 「接待」 is the more common choice.
For business wining and dining, 「接待」 is the default — think 「接待ゴルフ」. Choose 「もてなし」 for warm hospitality, 「ご馳走」 for treating someone to a meal, 「接遇」 for service-industry customer care, and 「レセプション」 for a reception event. The remaining words are mostly formal, written-style, or rare.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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