招く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
まね
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
The ubiquitous maneki neko.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [mànéꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ne̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "招く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
招く [mànéꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 招け [mànéꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 招かれる ねかれ [mànékáréꜜrù]
Causative 招かせる ねかせ [mànékáséꜜrù]
Potential 招ける ねけ [mànékéꜜrù]
Volitional 招こう ねこ [mànékóꜜò]
Negative 招かない ねかない [mànékáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 招かなかった ねかなかった [mànékáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 招きます ねきま [mànékímáꜜsù]
Perfective 招いた いた [mànéꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 招いて いて [mànéꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 招けば けば [mànéꜜkèbà]

Verb

(まね) • (maneku) transitive godan (stem (まね) (maneki), past (まね)いた (maneita))

  1. to beckon
  2. to incur, to invite, to lead to, to bring about
    Synonyms: 招待 (shōtai), 誘う (sasou)
    友達(ともだち)||(いえ)(まね)
    tomodachi o ie ni maneku
    to invite a friend to one’s house

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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