JLPT N4Kanji compounds

招待

Readingしょうたいshoutai

Meaning
客を呼んでもてなすこと
Explanation
"招待 (しょうたい)" means to invite guests and entertain them. It is used as in "パーティーに招待する" (to invite someone to a party). It resembles "紹介" (to introduce), which means bringing together people who don't know each other, but 招待 means having someone come and entertaining them.
Original Japanese explanation

「招待(しょうたい)」は、客を呼んでもてなすことです。「パーティーに招待する」のように使います。知らない人を引き合わせる「紹介」とにていますが、招待は来てもらってもてなす意味です。

Examples
  • パーティーに招待する

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