招く
まねく · maneku
To invite, to ask
- to beckon, to wave someone in, to gesture to
- to call in, to send for, to summon
- to bring on oneself, to cause, to incur, to lead to, to result in
Other ways to say “to invite” in Japanese →
falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
彼女は料理が得意で、よく友達を家に招く。
かのじょはりょうりがとくいで、よくともだちをいえにまねく。
She is good at cooking and often invites friends over.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 招きますまねきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 招きませんまねきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 招きましたまねきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 招きませんでしたまねきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 招きましょうまねきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 招きまねき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 招きたいまねきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 招きながらまねきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 招いてまねいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 招いたまねいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 招いたらまねいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 招いているまねいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 招かないまねかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 招かなかったまねかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 招かなくてまねかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 招けるまねける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 招けばまねけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 招けまねけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 招こうまねこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 招かれるまねかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 招かせるまねかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 招かされるまねかされる |
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What does 招く mean?
To invite, to ask. It can also mean: to beckon, to wave someone in, to gesture to; to call in, to send for, to summon; to bring on oneself, to cause, to incur, to lead to, to result in.
How do you pronounce 招く?
まねく (maneku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 招く?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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