Word Meaning ご馳走

ごちそう gochisou

ご馳走 is read as ごちそう (gochisou) and means treat (esp. food and drink).

Meaning

English

  1. treat (esp. food and drink)
  2. entertainment
  3. treating someone (to a meal)
  4. taking someone to dinner
  5. gorgeous dinner
  6. feast
  7. excellent food
  8. special dish

Reading

Kana

ごちそう

Romaji

gochisou

Writing Variants

  • 御馳走 ごちそう gochisou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

ご馳走さま

ごちそうさま

thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)

ご馳走様でした

ごちそうさまでした

thank you for the meal

ご馳走攻め

ごちそうぜめ

treating someone to one delicious meal after the other

ご馳走さん

ごちそうさん

thank you (for the meal)

ご馳走になる

ごちそうになる

to be treated to a meal

大ご馳走

おおごちそう

large feast

馳走

ちそう

running about

師走

しはす

twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar)

脱走

だっそう

escape

逃走

とうそう

flight

疾走

しっそう

sprint

帆走

はんそう

sailing

Example Sentences

10

That was a delicious meal.

I'll pay the bill.

I'll treat you.

I'll buy you lunch.

Let me fix dinner for you.

I'll treat you to dinner.

I'll treat you to dinner if you help me.

Would you please allow me to treat you to dinner next week?

She said, "Thank you for the meal," to the cook.

Tom went over to Mary's house for Thanksgiving dinner.