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招来

招来

See also: 招來

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 招來.
(This term, 招来, is the simplified form of 招來.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 5
らい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/seurai//ɕeurai//ɕoːrai/

From Middle Chinese compound 招來 (tsyew loj, literally beckon + come).

Pronunciation

Noun

招来 (hiragana しょうらい, romaji shōrai, historical hiragana せうらい)

  1. invitation
  2. bringing about

Verb

招来する (hiragana しょうらいする, romaji shōrai suru)

  1. invite
  2. bring about, give rise to, cause

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9