もてなす
N1 motenasu
- to entertain
- 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。
- 彼は彼女をもてなした。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"
}
}