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Meaning of 招く in Japanese
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招くJLPT 3
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Kana Readingまねく
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Romajimaneku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ku' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to invite; to ask
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to call in; to send for; to summon
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in
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Examples of 招く, まねく in a sentence
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However if you get carried away you'll risk failure so take care!
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When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances.
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The drought led to an insufficiency of food.
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I called my neighbors over for dinner.
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You may invite any person who wants to come.
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Do you have guests for dinner?
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 招く
- Plain Polite
- 招きます
- Negative
- 招かない
- Negative Polite
- 招きません
Past
- Plain
- 招いた
- Plain Polite
- 招きました
- Negative
- 招かなかった
- Negative Polite
- 招きませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 招いて
- Plain Polite
- 招きまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 招かれる
- Plain Polite
- 招かれます
- Negative
- 招かれない
- Negative Polite
- 招かれません