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ご馳走 (ごちそう, gochisou) Japanese meaning: treat | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation ご馳走する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary ご 馳ち 走そう する ご 馳ち 走そう しない Polite ご 馳ち 走そう します ご 馳ち 走そう しません Past polite ご 馳ち 走そう しました ご 馳ち 走そう しませんでした Past ご 馳ち 走そう した ご 馳ち 走そう しなかった Te-form ご 馳ち 走そう して ご 馳ち 走そう しないで Desire ご 馳ち 走そう したい ご 馳ち 走そう したくない Potential ご 馳ち 走そう できる ご 馳ち 走そう できない Passive ご 馳ち 走そう される ご 馳ち 走そう されない Causative ご 馳ち 走そう させる ご 馳ち 走そう させない Causative passive ご 馳ち 走そう させられる ご 馳ち 走そう させられない Volitional ご 馳ち 走そう しよう Polite volitional ご 馳ち 走そう しましょう Imperative ご 馳ち 走そう しろ ご 馳ち 走そう するな Conditional ご 馳ち 走そう すれば ご 馳ち 走そう しなければ Tara conditional ご 馳ち 走そう したら ご 馳ち 走そう しなかったら
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Thank you for the meal the other day.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 にご 馳ち 走そう する to treat someone (to a meal or drink)
I'll treat the department head today.
ご 馳ち 走そう を 作つく る to prepare a feast
My mother made a feast for my birthday.
ご 馳ち 走そう が 並なら ぶ a spread of delicious dishes is laid out
The table was lined with a feast of dishes.
Expressions ごちそうさまでした thank you for the meal; that was delicious ご 馳ち 走そう になる be treated to a meal; be given a meal Kanji 御 honorable, manipulate, govern Related words· 6 大盤振る舞い stresses an especially generous or extravagant act of treating people, while ご馳走 is the more general, everyday word for treating someone to food.
おごる is a casual way to pay for someone's food or drink, while ごちそうする is more formal and often implies a fuller, more elaborate meal.
珍味 highlights the rarity or unusualness of a food, while ごちそう simply means a treat or feast someone is served or offered.
ごちそう refers to the lavish meal or feast itself, whereas 奢り refers to the act of someone else paying for it.
Show 2 more ご馳走する means specifically 'to treat someone to a meal', a narrower and more casual expression than the broader 振る舞う.
御馳走 focuses on the lavish meal or treat itself, while もてなし (in its second sense) covers any food or drink offered to guests, however simple.
Word family thank you for the meal; that was delicious · thanks for the lovey-dovey display
large feast; big meal
thanks for the meal; that was delicious
treating someone to one delicious meal after another
Written forms ご 馳ち 走そう
Standard polite spelling with honorific ご. The most common written form.
御ご 馳ち 走そう
Formal spelling using the kanji 御 for the honorific prefix. Less common in everyday writing.
Etymology Originally from the verb 馳走する (ちそうする), meaning 'to run about' or 'to make arrangements'. The honorific prefix ご was added to express gratitude for the effort of preparing a meal. The modern meaning shifted from the act of preparation to the feast itself.
