招く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
招
まね
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
The ubiquitous maneki neko.

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) まね​く [mànéꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ne̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "招く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 招く まね​く [mànéꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 招け まね​け [mànéꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 招かれる まねかれ​る [mànékáréꜜrù]
Causative 招かせる まねかせ​る [mànékáséꜜrù]
Potential 招ける まねけ​る [mànékéꜜrù]
Volitional 招こう まねこ​ー [mànékóꜜò]
Negative 招かない まねか​ない [mànékáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 招かなかった まねか​なかった [mànékáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 招きます まねきま​す [mànékímáꜜsù]
Perfective 招いた まね​いた [mànéꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 招いて まね​いて [mànéꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 招けば まね​けば [mànéꜜkèbà]

Verb

招(まね)く • (maneku) transitive godan (stem 招(まね)き (maneki), past 招(まね)いた (maneita))

  1. to beckon
  2. to incur, to invite, to lead to, to bring about
    友達(ともだち)を家(いえ)に招(まね)く
    tomodachi o ie ni maneku
    to invite friend to my house
    Synonyms: 招待, 誘う

Conjugation
Conjugation of "招く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 招か まねか maneka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 招き まねき maneki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 招く まねく maneku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 招く まねく maneku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 招け まねけ maneke
Meireikei ("imperative") 招け まねけ maneke
Key constructions
Passive 招かれる まねかれる manekareru
Causative 招かせる
招かす		 まねかせる
まねかす		 manekaseru
manekasu
Potential 招ける まねける manekeru
Volitional 招こう まねこう manekō
Negative 招かない まねかない manekanai
Negative continuative 招かず まねかず manekazu
Formal 招きます まねきます manekimasu
Perfective 招いた まねいた maneita
Conjunctive 招いて まねいて maneite
Hypothetical conditional 招けば まねけば manekeba

References
  1. “招”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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