I Love Kanjiもてなす (motenasu)
もてなす is a Japanese verb meaning “to treat (a guest); to receive”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- もてなす
- Romaji
- motenasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of もてなす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | もてなす | もてなす motenasu |
| Polite (~masu) | もてなします | もてなします motenashimasu |
| Negative | もてなさない | もてなさない motenasanai |
| Polite negative | もてなしません | もてなしません motenashimasen |
| Past | もてなした | もてなした motenashita |
| Polite past | もてなしました | もてなしました motenashimashita |
| Negative past | もてなさなかった | もてなさなかった motenasanakatta |
| Te-form | もてなして | もてなして motenashite |
| Potential | もてなせる | もてなせる motenaseru |
| Passive | もてなされる | もてなされる motenasareru |
| Causative | もてなさせる | もてなさせる motenasaseru |
| Volitional | もてなそう | もてなそう motenasou |
| Imperative | もてなせ | もてなせ motenase |
| Conditional (~ba) | もてなせば | もてなせば motenaseba |
Source: JMdict entry 1315740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.