Illustration: A neighborhood association is holding a small chamber concert in a Japanese community hall. One organizer welcomes arriving residents and guides them toward rows of chairs, while another gives a ready signal to a violinist and pianist at the front.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

催もよおす

moyoosu

to hold an event

Example sentences

彼かれは大々的だいだいてきにパーティーを催もよおした。
He gave a party on a large scale.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれらは祝宴しゅくえんを催もよおした。
They held a congratulatory banquet.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれは舞踏会ぶとうかいを催もよおした。
He gave a ball.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 催

催sponsor; hold (a meeting)OnサイKunもようす・もよおす

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences

Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store

For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store