日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningssponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner)
On'yomiサイ
Kun'yomiもよう、もよお
Strokes13
Radical

Compounds

  • joint sponsorship (of an event), cosponsorship, joint hosting

  • event, festivities, function, social gathering

  • to hold (an event), to give (a dinner, party, etc.), to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.), to show signs of

  • Urging, reminder, follow-up, pressing, demanding, demand

Example sentences

  • I should have followed up earlier.

  • The wedding ceremony will be held regardless of the weather.

  • No way, is this really a debt collection call?

  • The Oscar ceremonies are Hollywood's biggest extravaganza.

  • When people are being put into a hypnotic state for the first time I often, after placing them in a very light hypnotic state, wake them and ask them to compare their wakening state to that when hypnotised.

  • We must hold a meeting of the council of directors.

  • I was moved to tears by the tragic story.

  • She will give a party next week.