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称賛 (しょうさん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 称賛する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 称しょう 賛さん する 称しょう 賛さん しない Polite 称しょう 賛さん します 称しょう 賛さん しません Past polite 称しょう 賛さん しました 称しょう 賛さん しませんでした Past 称しょう 賛さん した 称しょう 賛さん しなかった Te-form 称しょう 賛さん して 称しょう 賛さん しないで Desire 称しょう 賛さん したい 称しょう 賛さん したくない Potential 称しょう 賛さん できる 称しょう 賛さん できない Passive 称しょう 賛さん される 称しょう 賛さん されない Causative 称しょう 賛さん させる 称しょう 賛さん させない Causative passive 称しょう 賛さん させられる 称しょう 賛さん させられない Volitional 称しょう 賛さん しよう Polite volitional 称しょう 賛さん しましょう Imperative 称しょう 賛さん しろ 称しょう 賛さん するな Conditional 称しょう 賛さん すれば 称しょう 賛さん しなければ Tara conditional 称しょう 賛さん したら 称しょう 賛さん しなかったら
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彼かれ
の
勇ゆう
気き
ある
行こう
動どう
は
多おお
く
の
人ひと
から
称しょう
賛さん
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浴あ
び
た
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His courageous act received praise from many people.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 称しょう 賛さん する to praise someone
Everyone praised his courageous action.
〈 人ひと 〉 から 称しょう 賛さん を 受う ける to receive praise from someone
She received praise from the audience for her performance.
称しょう 賛さん の 声こえ が 上あ がる voices of praise are heard/rise
Voices of praise rose at the announcement of the new product.
称しょう 賛さん を 集あつ める to garner widespread praise
The film garnered praise from critics.
Kanji 賛 approve, praise, title or inscription on picture 称 appellation, praise, admire 讃 praise, title on a picture Related words· 7 褒める is the common everyday verb meaning 'to praise', while 称賛 is a more formal noun/verb used in writing or speeches.
賛辞 refers to specific words or expressions of praise, while 称賛 is the broader act or feeling of praising.
絶賛 conveys an especially intense or enthusiastic form of praise, stronger than the more neutral 称賛.
Show 3 more 激賞 implies very high, emphatic praise, often in critical or literary contexts, while 称賛 is the more general term for praise.
称賛 is the everyday compound for 'praise' or 'admiration', while 賛 alone is literary and rarely stands by itself in modern speech.
賞賛する is a formal word meaning to admire or praise highly, closely overlapping with 称える but slightly more common in written reports and speeches.
Opposites· 9 非難 means criticism or blame, the direct opposite of the approval expressed by 称賛.
称賛 means praise or admiration, the opposite of 中傷, which means to damage someone's reputation with false or malicious statements.
称賛 means praise or admiration, the opposite reaction to 批判's criticism or fault-finding.
Don't confuse with 賞賛 shares the kanji 賛 with 賛意 but means praise or admiration, not mere agreement or approval.
賞賛 means praise or admiration for something already done, while 賛同 means agreeing with or endorsing an idea or plan; both share the kanji 賛 but differ in meaning.
Written forms 称しょう 賛さん Usage 34%
Common kanji form; 称 means 'praise' or 'name', giving a nuance of verbal commendation. High news frequency.
賞しょう 賛さん Usage 48%
Common kanji form; 賞 carries a nuance of 'prize' or 'reward', while 賛 means 'approve' or 'praise'.
賞しょう 讃さん Usage 13%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 讃 is a variant of 賛.
称
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 称, “praise,” and 賛, “approve or praise.” 賞賛 is a common variant spelling.
賛美 often carries a reverent or worshipful tone (e.g. praising God or nature), whereas 称賛 is used more generally for admiration of people or achievements.
Show 6 more 称賛 means praise or admiration, the opposite of 叩き in the sense of public bashing or criticism.
称賛 means praise or commendation, the opposite of the fault-finding implied by 咎め.
称賛 is praise or admiration, the opposite of 酷評's harsh condemnation.
称賛する means to praise someone, the opposite reaction to 嘲る's scornful mockery.
称賛 means praise and admiration, the opposite of 罵倒's harsh verbal abuse.
称賛 means to praise and admire someone, the opposite of 誹謗, which means to defame or speak ill of them.
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讃さん
Usage 5%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 讃 is a variant of 賛.
