馳ち走そう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

feast; treat; wonderful food

Refers to a lavish meal or treating someone to food/drink. Almost always used with the honorific prefix ご as ご馳走. Can also be used as a する verb meaning 'to treat someone'.

See also: ご馳走

• 今こん夜やはご馳ち走そうを用よう意いしました。

  I've prepared a feast for tonight.

• 先せん輩ぱいに夕ゆう食しょくをご馳ち走そうしてもらった。

  My senior treated me to dinner.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

running about

Archaic original meaning; not used in modern Japanese. The modern sense of 'feast' derives from the idea of running around to prepare food.

• 古こ語ごでは「馳ち走そう」は走はしり回まわることを意い味みした。

  In classical Japanese, '馳走' meant running about.