also: ごちそう
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
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
今夜はご馳走を用意しました。
I've prepared a feast for tonight.
先輩に夕食をご馳走してもらった。
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.
古語では「馳走」は走り回ることを意味した。
In classical Japanese, '馳走' meant running about.