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How to say 'Treat' in Japanese | ごちそうする

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The Japanese word for Treat is 'Gochisousuru', written as ごちそうする in Japanese.

    Meaning

    Treat

    Reading

    Gochisousuru

    Explanation

    The Japanese verb 'ごちそうする (ごちそうする)' means 'to treat' or 'to entertain someone with food or a meal'. It is often used when someone offers to pay for or prepare a meal for another person as a gesture of kindness or hospitality. For example: I will treat you to dinner「私がごちそうします」(わたしがごちそうします). He treated me to a delicious meal「彼は私においしい食事をごちそうしてくれた」(かれはわたしにおいしいしょくじをごちそうしてくれた). This verb is derived from the noun 'ごちそう (ごちそう)', which means 'feast' or 'treat', and is commonly used in social or celebratory contexts.

    Part Of Speech

    verb

    Frequency

    2127

    Composition

    hiragana

    Handwriting

This word is an irregular verb. To learn how it transforms in different tenses and forms, explore all its conjugations.

Hiragana in the Word ごちそうする

This word contains 6 Hiragana characters :

  • hiragana

    Reading

    Go
  • hiragana

    Reading

    Chi
  • hiragana

    Reading

    So
  • hiragana

    Reading

    U
  • hiragana

    Reading

    Su
  • hiragana

    Reading

    Ru

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What does 'Gochisousuru' (ごちそうする) mean?

'Gochisousuru' means 'Treat' .

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