隣近所の人を夕食に招いた。

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隣近所の人を夕食に招いた。

English Translation

I called my neighbors over for dinner.

Furigana

隣(となり)近所(きんじょ)の人(ひと)を夕食(ゆうしょく)に招(まね)いた。

Romanji

Tonari kinjo no hito o yūshoku ni maneita.

Words

隣 (となり)

neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to)

近所 (きんじょ)

neighbourhood; neighborhood

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

夕食 (ゆうしょく)

evening meal; dinner

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

招く (まねく)

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to; to call in; to send for; to summon; to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in