Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 推薦する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 推すい 薦せん する 推すい 薦せん しない Polite 推すい 薦せん します 推すい 薦せん しません Past polite 推すい 薦せん しました 推すい 薦せん しませんでした Past 推すい 薦せん した 推すい 薦せん しなかった Te-form 推すい 薦せん して 推すい 薦せん しないで Desire 推すい 薦せん したい 推すい 薦せん したくない Potential 推すい 薦せん できる 推すい 薦せん できない Passive 推すい 薦せん される 推すい 薦せん されない Causative 推すい 薦せん させる 推すい 薦せん させない Causative passive 推すい 薦せん させられる 推すい 薦せん させられない Volitional 推すい 薦せん しよう Polite volitional 推すい 薦せん しましょう Imperative 推すい 薦せん しろ 推すい 薦せん するな Conditional 推すい 薦せん すれば 推すい 薦せん しなければ Tara conditional 推すい 薦せん したら 推すい 薦せん しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 〈 事こと 〉 に 推すい 薦せん する to recommend someone for a position or role
The teacher recommended him for student council president.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 〈 物もの 〉 を 推すい 薦せん する to recommend something (a book, product, etc.) to someone
A friend recommended this book to me.
推すい 薦せん を 受う ける to receive a recommendation
He received a recommendation from his professor and went on to graduate school.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 推すい 薦せん 状じょう を 書か く to write a letter of recommendation for someone
My boss wrote a letter of recommendation for me.
Kanji 推 conjecture, infer, guess Related words· 12 推奨 refers to an official or institutional endorsement (e.g., a government-recommended product), while 推薦 is broader and covers personal recommendations of people or things as well.
お勧め is the casual, everyday word for suggesting something you personally like, while 推薦 sounds more formal and is used for job referrals or academic endorsements.
紹介 simply means to introduce a person or thing without necessarily vouching for its quality, whereas 推薦 actively endorses it as suitable.
推薦 is the general word for recommending someone or something without specifying who does the recommending, whereas 他薦 specifically stresses that the recommendation comes from another person rather than the person themself.
Show 8 more Show fewer 推薦 is a general recommendation of any person or thing, whereas 自薦 specifically means recommending oneself.
推薦 is a native Japanese word for recommending someone, often used in formal contexts like job or school recommendations, while ノミネート is a casual loanword specifically for nominating someone for an award or contest.
推薦 is a general recommendation, as for a job or school, while 選奨 implies an official selection process followed by public commendation, often tied to an award.
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.
Don't confuse with 推測 (a guess or inference) shares the kanji 推 with 推薦 but has nothing to do with recommending someone or something.
推進 (すいしん ) means to promote or drive forward a plan or project, while 推薦 (すいせん ) means to recommend a person or thing; the two share the kanji 推 and a similar sound but differ completely in meaning.
推薦 (すいせん ) means 'recommendation' and is a common source of listening confusion with 水洗 (すいせん ), which means washing with water, despite having no meaning connection.
Word family· 9 recommender; nominator; referee
written recommendation; letter of recommendation; nomination letter
recommendation quota; admission slot for recommended students
letter of recommendation; letter of invitation; reference
recommender; nominator; referee
Show 4 more Show fewer admission by recommendation; enrollment by recommendation
recommendation-based entrance exam
recommended books; recommended reading
designated school recommendation
Written forms 推すい 薦せん Usage 98%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
すいせん Usage 2%
Kana spelling is readable but less common in formal contexts.
Etymology From 推 (push forward, infer) + 薦 (recommend). The compound has been used in Japanese with the meaning 'recommendation' since at least the Meiji period.
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