お墨付き|おすみつきosumitsuki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncertificate; certified document; authorization; authorisation
2. noun(the) thumbs up; seal of approval
3. nounpaper with signature of the shogun or lordoriginal meaning

• Synonym公認こうにんNeutralFormal recognition by an authority or organization, as in 「公認記録」; stresses official status rather than an individual's backing.
• Synonym認定にんていNeutralFormal determination of a fact or qualification after review, as in 「認定証」; procedural, without 「お墨付き」's nuance of an authority's guarantee.
• Synonym認可にんかNeutralApproval granted by a competent authority, as in 「認可保育所」; administrative language, with none of 「お墨付き」's sense of endorsement.
• Synonym承認しょうにんNeutralApproval or acknowledgement, mostly in procedures, as in 「承認を得る」; plain acceptance of a request or fact, not an authority's endorsement.
• Related免許めんきょNeutralOfficial permission or a license, as in 「運転免許」; also a master's passing of an art's secrets to a disciple. Broader 「お墨付き」 covers any authority's guarantee.
• Related許可きょかNeutralPermission to do something; the most common choice in daily speech and official documents. Unlike 「お墨付き」, it implies no endorsement by an authority.
• Antonym拒否きょひNeutralRefusal or rejection: turning down a request or vetoing a decision. It is the opposite of 「お墨付き」, which marks approval from an authority.

For official permission use 「許可」 or 「認可」, and for a license 「免許」. 「お墨付き」 is for figurative endorsement by an authority, as in 「専門家のお墨付き」; the others are official approval terms without that nuance, while 「拒否」 is the opposite.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 室町時代むろまちじだいや江戸えど時代じだいに、幕府ばくふや大名だいみょうが臣下しんかに与あたえた許可書きょかしょの証明しょうめいに用もちいた花押かおうのある書類しょるい。
2. 権威けんいのある人ひとが与あたえる保証ほしょう。