お墨すみ付つき

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

seal of approval; authorization; thumbs up

Figurative use: an authoritative endorsement or official approval, often from a respected person or institution. Sense 2 (thumbs up) is a natural extension of the certification meaning.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉にお墨すみ付つきをもらうto get someone's seal of approval
彼かれはプロの料りょう理り人にんにお墨すみ付つきをもらったレシピを教おしえてくれた。
He shared with me a recipe that had received a professional chef's seal of approval.
〈人ひと〉にお墨すみ付つきを与あたえるto give someone one's official endorsement
社しゃ長ちょうはその新あたらしい企き画かくにお墨すみ付つきを与あたえた。
The president gave his seal of approval to the new project.
お墨すみ付つきを得えるto obtain official approval or endorsement
この製せい品ひんは専せん門もん機き関かんのお墨すみ付つきを得えている。
This product has obtained the endorsement of a specialist organization.

Kanji

墨black ink, India ink, ink stick
付adhere, attach, refer to

Related words

太たい鼓こ判ばん sense 1
お墨付き and 太鼓判 both express a strong guarantee of quality, but 太鼓判 is almost always used in the fixed phrase 太鼓判を押す, while お墨付き is a noun that pairs with verbs like 与える or 得る.
認にん可かN1sense 1
お墨付き is a personal or historical endorsement, whereas 認可 is the formal bureaucratic term for official government authorization.
承しょう認にんN2sense 1
お墨付き carries a sense of authority or prestige behind the approval, while 承認 is the neutral, general word for approving or accepting something.
保ほ証しょうN3sense 1
お墨付き implies endorsement from a respected person or institution, while 保証 simply means a guarantee and doesn't require high status backing.

Don't confuse with

墨すみ付つき
墨付き is the plain form without the honorific お and can refer more broadly to any ink-signed paper, while お墨付き is the standard modern word for both the historical document and the figurative seal of approval.

Counted with

枚まいN3
This is for the physical document or certificate itself; the abstract meaning 'approval' is not counted with a counter.

Etymology

From お (honorific prefix) + 墨付き (sumitsuki, 'black-ink signed document'). Originally referred to a document bearing the shogun's or lord's black-ink signature; the figurative 'seal of approval' sense developed from this historical use.