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もてなす: to entertain, to make welcome — Japanese vocabulary

もてなす means "to entertain, to make welcome". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

もてなす

Reading
もてなす · motenasu
Translation
to entertain, to make welcome
Level
JLPT N1

Example

僕は彼女の家族を大いにもてなしたよ。

ぼくはかのじょのかぞくをおおいにもてなしたよ。

I made a fuss of her family.

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