誘う

This is the 9891st most frequent Japanese word.


誘う

"誘う" means "to invite" or "to entice."


Here, '誘う' means 'to invite', referring to asking someone to join an activity.

友達を映画に誘う。

I invite my friend to a movie.


This demonstrates '誘う' used in the context of inviting someone to a location for a specific reason.

雨の日に彼を家に誘った。

I invited him to my house on a rainy day.


In this sentence, '誘われた', the passive form of '誘う', is used to indicate being invited by someone.

新しいクラブに参加するよう誘われた。

I was invited to join a new club.