もてなす

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
持て成す
持てなす

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「もてなす
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
もてなす てな
Imperative (命令形) もてなせ てな
Key constructions
Passive もてなされる てなされ
Causative もてなさせる てなさせ
Potential もてなせる てなせ
Volitional もてなそう てなそ
Negative もてなさない てなさない
Negative perfective もてなさなかった てなさなかった
Formal もてなします てなしま
Perfective もてなした てなした
Conjunctive もてなして てなして
Hypothetical conditional もてなせば てなせば

Verb

もてなす (motenasutransitive godan (stem もてなし (motenashi), past もてなした (motenashita))

  1. to receive (a visitor); to treat; to welcome

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN