Illustration: At the open doorway of a small apartment, a host steps aside and extends an open hand toward a low dining table inside. Several friends sit around a hotpot, with one empty cushion and a complete unused place setting waiting nearest the entrance.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

招まねく

maneku

to invite

Example sentences

彼かれは私わたしを家いえに招まねいた。
He invited me to his house.
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私以外わたしいがいはみんな招まねかれた。
Everyone except me was invited.
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私わたしたちはジェーンとエレンを招まねくつもりだ。
We are going to invite Jane and Ellen.
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Kanji in 招

招beckon; inviteOnショウKunまねく

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