推す|おすosu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to nominate; to support; to back
- godan verb, transitive verbto infer (from); to deduce; to gather; to conjecture; to surmise
- godan verb, transitive verbto think (something) through; to ponder deeply
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 推す（おす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 推します（おします） |
| Negative (nai) | 推さない（おさない） |
| polite (masen) | 推しません（おしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 推さず・推さぬ（おさず・おさぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 推した（おした） |
| polite (mashita) | 推しました（おしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 推さなかった（おさなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 推しませんでした（おしませんでした） |
| Te form | 推して（おして） |
| Potential | 推せる（おせる） |
| Passive | 推される（おされる） |
| Causative | 推させる（おさせる） |
| Causative passive | 推させられる（おさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 推せば（おせば） |
| tara | 推したら（おしたら） |
| Volitional | 推そう（おそう） |
| polite (mashou) | 推しましょう（おしましょう） |
| Imperative | 推せ（おせ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym推薦すいせんNeutralNeutral: recommending a person or thing; the most common Sino-Japanese word for this. 「推す」 is a native verb and also covers inferring.
- Synonym推挙すいきょFormalFormal: nominating a person for a position; more formal than 「推薦」, used mostly in personnel matters.
- Synonym推輓すいばんWrittenWritten/formal prose: recommending or promoting someone to a post. Extremely literary and rare today; use 「推薦」 instead.
- Related勧めるすすめるNeutralNeutral verb: to advise or recommend, and also to offer someone food or drink. 「推す」 stresses actively backing or putting forward a person or thing.
- Related支持しじNeutralNeutral: supporting or backing an opinion or a person, as in 「内閣支持率」. 「推す」 stresses actively pushing someone forward or championing them.
- Related賛成さんせいNeutralNeutral: agreeing with a proposal or opinion — its object is an idea, while 「推す」 usually takes a person or candidate.
- Related承認しょうにんNeutralNeutral: recognizing something as right or legitimate, or granting approval. 「推す」 means endorsing or nominating, not approving.
- Related是認ぜにんWrittenWritten/formal prose: judging something right and approving it. Extremely literary, seen mostly as 「是認する」.
- Antonym退けるしりぞけるWrittenAntonym, written/formal prose: to reject, dismiss or turn down; the opposite side of 「推す」, which recommends and backs people or things.
Use 「推す」 to put a person forward or to champion a work, product or plan, as in 「彼を会長に推す」「この作品を推す」. For ordinary recommendations say 「推薦」 or 「勧める」; to agree with an opinion, say 「賛成」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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