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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

もてなす

N1
motenasu
  1. to entertain
  2. to make welcome
godan verbtransitive

Also written 持て成す

Chinese meanings

款待

Examples

  • 主人はパーティーで私達をもてなしてくれた。
    The host entertained us at the party.
    主人在派对上招待了我们。
  • 彼かれは彼かの女じょをもてなした。
    He entertained her.
    他款待了她。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d1f2f342ca'); // もてなす
{
  "id": "d1f2f342ca",
  "word": "もてなす",
  "reading": "もてなす",
  "romaji": "motenasu",
  "meanings": [
    "to entertain",
    "to make welcome"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1315740,
  "other_forms": [
    "持て成す"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "主人はパーティーで私達をもてなしてくれた。",
      "en": "The host entertained us at the party.",
      "tatoeba_id": 148704
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は彼女をもてなした。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{彼女|かのじょ}をもてなした。",
      "en": "He entertained her.",
      "tatoeba_id": 100994
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "213b9adca9f6344d998756a833a4ff2d3d25199692c5fcea149d77a27032d98b",
    "meanings": [
      "款待"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "主人はパーティーで私達をもてなしてくれた。",
        "zh": "主人在派对上招待了我们。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は彼女をもてなした。",
        "zh": "他款待了她。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/d1f2f342ca",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1315740; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "062bf43676793f8b73294b3f05445d369d8b03d445343fdecf058509bc18313b"
  }
}