賞賛・称賛・賞讃・称讃|しょうさんshousan[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
賞賛賞賛 is written entirely in kanji and is the most common form overall. It is a natural spelling to recognize when you encounter this word.
称賛称賛 is written entirely in kanji and is the recommended choice for beginners. Use it as your default spelling when learning to write this word.
賞讃賞讃 is written entirely in kanji but is rarely used, so you will seldom encounter it. Beginners should use 称賛 instead when writing the word.
称讃称讃 is written entirely in kanji but is rarely used, so you will seldom encounter it. Beginners should use 称賛 instead when writing the word.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbpraise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applauseこの本は賞賛に値する。↗This book is worthy of praise.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 賞賛する（しょうさんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 賞賛します（しょうさんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 賞賛しない（しょうさんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 賞賛しません（しょうさんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 賞賛せず・賞賛せぬ（しょうさんせず・しょうさんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 賞賛した（しょうさんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 賞賛しました（しょうさんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 賞賛しなかった（しょうさんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 賞賛しませんでした（しょうさんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 賞賛して（しょうさんして） |
| Potential | 賞賛できる（しょうさんできる） |
| Passive | 賞賛される（しょうさんされる） |
| Causative | 賞賛させる（しょうさんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 賞賛させられる（しょうさんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 賞賛すれば（しょうさんすれば） |
| tara | 賞賛したら（しょうさんしたら） |
| Volitional | 賞賛しよう（しょうさんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 賞賛しましょう（しょうさんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 賞賛しろ（しょうさんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym褒めるほめるNeutralVerb: the everyday word for complimenting; targets can be children or subordinates. 「賞賛」 is the more written, noun-like term.
- Synonym賛美さんびWrittenWritten: praise with a reverent tone, often directed at beauty, gods or nature.
- Synonym絶賛ぜっさんNeutralThe most emphatic praise of all, as in 「絶賛を浴びる」.
- Synonym礼賛らいさんWrittenWritten: reverent glorification; also appears in critical contexts like 「戦争礼賛」.
- Synonym喝采かっさいNeutralCheering and applause: approval expressed on the spot with voices and clapping.
- Synonym嘆賞たんしょうWrittenWritten word, now rare: praising with a sense of wonder, stressing heartfelt amazement. 「賞賛」 is the ordinary formal term for commending merit.
- Synonym褒め称えるほめたたえるNeutralVerb: to praise someone or something highly, in a more ceremonial tone than 「褒める」; often used for achievements and heroes.
- Synonym称えるたたえるNeutralVerb: to extol achievements or virtue with a solemn air, as in 「健闘を称える」.
- Synonym嘉賞かしょうWrittenWritten and old-fashioned, rarely used today: praising or rewarding something judged worthy of approval. Say 「賞賛」 in ordinary contexts.
- Synonym称揚しょうようWrittenWritten but rare: extolling at length, close in sense to 「賞賛」. In daily speech say 「賞賛」 or 「褒める」.
- Synonym賞嘆しょうたんWrittenWritten: admiring praise close to 「賞賛」, but carrying a stronger note of wonder.
- Synonym賛嘆さんたんWrittenWritten: deep admiration that stresses the feeling of being won over; more emotional than 「賞賛」.
- Synonym賞美しょうびWrittenMeans much the same as 「賞賛」 but is rare even in writing; say 「賞賛」 in everyday use.
- Synonym嘆美たんびWrittenWritten and rare: praising out of heartfelt admiration; the object need not be beauty but can be deeds or conduct. Say 「賞賛」 instead.
- Synonym褒め上げるほめあげるCasualColloquial verb: to praise someone to the skies, with a hint of lifting them higher than warranted.
- Synonym褒めちぎるほめちぎるCasualColloquial verb: to rave about someone in wildly exaggerated terms, possibly beyond the facts.
- Synonym褒め立てるほめたてるNeutralVerb: to praise warmly and in succession; carries a cheering-on feel and is not very dignified.
- Synonym讃賞さんしょうWrittenWritten and rare: praising merits one recognizes; much the same meaning as 「賞賛」.
- Synonym褒めそやすほめそやすCasualColloquial verb: to praise over and over, sometimes with a whiff of flattery.
- Synonym顕揚けんようWrittenWritten and rare: extolling someone so that their renown spreads through the world.
- Related感嘆かんたんNeutralWonder or amazement: stresses surprise and admiration, and does not necessarily praise anyone.
- Related拍手喝采はくしゅかっさいNeutralSet phrase for clapping and cheering, stressing an enthusiastic live reaction.
- Related三嘆さんたんWrittenWritten: admiring something again and again, mostly in the set phrase 「一読三嘆」.
- Antonym非難ひなんNeutralAntonym: criticism or blame, standing opposite the praise expressed by 「賞賛」.
Use 「賞賛」 for formal praise of merit or conduct, as in 「賞賛に値する」 and 「賞賛を浴びる」. For everyday compliments say 「褒める」, for extolling achievements 「称える」, for the strongest acclaim 「絶賛」, and for applause and cheers 「喝采」. The opposite is 「非難」.
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