推薦

すいせん

Recommendation

N3noun·suisen

How to remember it

推 (push forward) + 薦 (commend) — pushing someone forward to recommend them.

Example sentences

  • 彼を推薦します。

    かれをすいせんします。

    I recommend him.

  • 推薦状を書いていただけますか。

    すいせんじょうをかいていただけますか。

    Could you write a letter of recommendation?

Usage

Formal; appears in 推薦状 (recommendation letter) and 推薦入学.

Related words

推薦状勧める紹介応募

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