招き (maneki)

イラクへの攻撃はアメリカの孤立を招き、ひいてはイスラム社会全体との戦争に発展していく恐れがある。

There is fear that an attack against Iraq will bring about American isolation, and eventually will lead to a war with Muslim society as a whole.

黒くろ 猫ねこは 悪運あくうんを 招まねきます。

Black cats are bad luck.

そういう 発言はつげんは 誤解ごかいを 招まねきやすい。

Such a remark is open to misunderstanding.

招き猫（まねきねこ）は、前足で人を招く形をした、ネコの置物。

A "maneki-neko" is an ornament in the shape of a cat beckoning with a forepaw.

だから，大通りの十字路に行って，あなた方が見つける者をみな婚宴に招きなさい』。

Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.’

また、無闇に韓国の世論を硬化させる結果を招き、統監府からは集会、演説の禁止命令が下された。

Furthermore, as it needlessly lead to the calcification of Korean public opinions, the Korea Protection Agency prohibited meetings and public speeches.

来会者には身分を問わず公平に籤引きによって各席3－5人ずつ招き入れて名物を用いて茶を供した。

Irrespective of the rank of people attending the event, a lottery method was used to impartially select between 3 to 5 individuals to invite to participate in tea ceremonies where priceless tea ceremony utensils were used.6

の意味としてだけ知っていた場合、客人の心証を害す等、余計なトラブルを招きかねないので、気心知れた相手以外には用いないことが奨められる戦略である。

Another example of such trouble is to give an unfavorable impression to any guest who knows the implication of bubu zuke simply as 'kaette okure yasu' (literally, 'please leave here'), which may possibly lead them to an unnecessary conflict; and, such being the case, bubu zuke and other typical communication ways of traditional Kyoto people are not recommended to use except for between congenial persons.