手招き

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 手招き is read as てまねき and means a beckoning hand gesture; it forms the verb 手招きする.
• Basic usage: It can describe someone actively beckoning or name the gesture that other people notice and follow.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Actively beckoning someone
  • 私を手招きしている means that the mother is gesturing for the speaker to come closer. Example: 母が玄関から私を手招きしている。
• Responding to a gesture
  • 案内人の手招き is the guide’s beckoning gesture that brings the children together. Example: 案内人の手招きを見て子どもたちが集まった。