推薦する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 推薦する | 推薦しない |
| Polite | 推薦します | 推薦しません |
| Past polite | 推薦しました | 推薦しませんでした |
| Past | 推薦した | 推薦しなかった |
| Te-form | 推薦して | 推薦しないで |
| Desire | 推薦したい | 推薦したくない |
| Potential | 推薦できる | 推薦できない |
| Passive | 推薦される | 推薦されない |
| Causative | 推薦させる | 推薦させない |
| Causative passive | 推薦させられる | 推薦させられない |
| Volitional | 推薦しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 推薦しましょう | |
| Imperative | 推薦しろ | 推薦するな |
| Conditional | 推薦すれば | 推薦しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 推薦したら | 推薦しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
recommendation; referral; endorsement
Used for formally or informally suggesting a person, product, or course of action as suitable. Often appears in job referrals, product endorsements, and academic recommendations.
See also: 推奨
先生に推薦状を書いてもらった。
I had my teacher write a letter of recommendation.
この映画を友達に推薦する。
I recommend this movie to my friend.
推薦図書のリストをもらった。
I received a list of recommended books.
The teacher recommended him for student council president.
A friend recommended this book to me.
He received a recommendation from his professor and went on to graduate school.
My boss wrote a letter of recommendation for me.
推薦する is the formal, often official term for nominating or recommending someone, whereas 推す is shorter and spans formal endorsement to casual fan support.
推薦 means to recommend someone for a role, often through a formal nomination process, while 擁立 emphasizes organized effort to actually get that person into the position.
推薦 means recommending or suggesting someone as a candidate, whereas 指名 is the direct act of naming the specific person chosen.
推薦 is a more formal, often official recommendation (e.g. a letter of recommendation), whereas 勧め is the general, everyday word for suggesting or encouraging something.
推薦する means to recommend someone in general, while 挙げる specifically means to formally nominate or put forward a candidate in a meeting.
letter of recommendation; letter of invitation; reference
recommender; nominator; referee