賛成 (さんせい, sansei) Japanese meaning: approval | Kotomora

賛さん成せい

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

賛成する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	賛さん成せいする	賛さん成せいしない
Polite	賛さん成せいします	賛さん成せいしません
Past polite	賛さん成せいしました	賛さん成せいしませんでした
Past	賛さん成せいした	賛さん成せいしなかった
Te-form	賛さん成せいして	賛さん成せいしないで
Desire	賛さん成せいしたい	賛さん成せいしたくない
Potential	賛さん成せいできる	賛さん成せいできない
Passive	賛さん成せいされる	賛さん成せいされない
Causative	賛さん成せいさせる	賛さん成せいさせない
Causative passive	賛さん成せいさせられる	賛さん成せいさせられない
Volitional	賛さん成せいしよう
Polite volitional	賛さん成せいしましょう
Imperative	賛さん成せいしろ	賛さん成せいするな
Conditional	賛さん成せいすれば	賛さん成せいしなければ
Tara conditional	賛さん成せいしたら	賛さん成せいしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

approval; agreement; support

Expresses agreement with a proposal, opinion, or plan. Commonly used with に賛成する or に賛成だ. The antonym is 反対.

Antonyms: 反対

Kanji

賛approve, praise, title or inscription on picture
成turn into, become, get

Related words· 6

同どう意いN1
同意 stresses personal consent or emotional agreement with someone, whereas 賛成 focuses on supporting a proposal, plan, or opinion.
支し持じN2
支持 means backing or supporting a person, party, or cause over time, while 賛成 is agreeing with a specific proposal or statement.
承しょう認にんN2
承認 is formal, official approval (e.g. by an authority or committee), while 賛成 is the everyday word for agreeing with an idea.
賛さん同どうN1
賛成 is used for voting or backing a specific proposal in a yes/no sense, while 賛同 conveys a deeper, more principled endorsement of an idea or cause.

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賛さん意い
賛成 is the common, everyday word for agreeing with an opinion or vote, while 賛意 is a more formal noun typically used in written or official contexts.
同どう感かんN1
賛成 means supporting a proposal or plan in a discussion or vote, while 同感 simply means feeling the same way about something.

Opposites· 8

反はん対たいN4
opposition; objection; resistance · opposite; reverse; contrary
抗こう議ぎN1
賛成 means to agree or approve, the opposite stance from 抗議, which expresses formal disapproval.
反はん発ぱつN1
賛成 means agreement or approval, the direct opposite of the opposition or pushback expressed by 反発.

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Don't confuse with

賛さん助じょ
賛成 just means agreeing with an idea or proposal, while 賛助 means actively backing a cause with support, often including money or resources.
賛さん美びN1
賛成 means agreement or approval of an opinion or plan, while 賛美 means praise or glorification of a person or deity; the two share the kanji 賛 but differ in meaning.
絶ぜっ賛さん
賛成 shares the kanji 賛 with 絶賛 but simply means agreeing with an opinion, not praising something highly.
賛さん否ぴN1

Word family· 8

不ふ賛さん成せい
disapproval; disagreement
大だい賛さん成せい
complete agreement; strong approval
賛さん成せい派は
supporting faction; proponents
賛さん成せい票ひょう
affirmative vote; yes vote; aye

Written forms

賛さん成せいUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word in news and daily conversation.
さんせいUsage1%
サンセイUsage<1%

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived kanji 賛 (support, approve) and 成 (become, accomplish). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of agreement.

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