招く (Maneku) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to invite, to ask, to beckon, to wave someone in”.
Meanings
- godan verb, transitive verbto invite; to ask
- godan verb, transitive verbto beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to
- godan verb, transitive verbto call in; to send for; to summon
- godan verb, transitive verbto bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in
Examples
怠惰は失敗を招く。
Idleness leads to failure.
彼は私を家に招いた。
He invited me to his house.
戦争は必ず不幸を招く。
War necessarily causes unhappiness.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).