誘さそい

also: いざない

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

invitation; offer to join

An offer or request to participate in an activity, event, or outing. Can be verbal or written.

友とも達だちから食しょく事じの誘さそいがあった。
I got an invitation to dinner from a friend.
彼かれの誘さそいを断ことわるのは気きが引ひける。
I feel bad about turning down his invitation.

2

noun

temptation; lure; enticement

Something that attracts or entices someone, often with a nuance of leading into a bad or unwise situation. Can be used for both concrete and abstract temptations.

甘あまいものの誘さそいに負まけてケーキを食たべてしまった。
I gave in to the temptation of sweets and ate cake.
都と会かいの誘ゆう惑わくに誘さそいという言こと葉ばが使つかわれることもある。
The word 誘い is sometimes used for the temptations of the city.

Written forms

誘いUsage95%
- さそい
  Standard kanji spelling for the common reading さそい.
- いざない
  Literary or archaic reading; rarely used in modern everyday speech.
さそいUsage4%
いざないUsage1%

Kanji

誘entice, lead, tempt

Similar words

招しょう待たい
招待 is a more formal invitation, often to an organized event or gathering, while 誘い is casual and can be a simple offer to do something together.
誘ゆう惑わく
誘惑 is a stronger, more explicit temptation or seduction, often with a negative or moral connotation. 誘い can also mean temptation but is milder and more general.

Etymology

Noun form of the verb 誘う (さそう, 'to invite; to tempt'). The reading いざない is an older, literary nominal form of the same verb.