No. 2,623 in Japanese
推薦
"推薦" means "recommendation" or "endorsement."
In a sentence
彼は私に小説を推薦しました。
He recommended a novel to me.
In this sentence, '推薦' is used as a verb (推薦する) meaning 'to recommend'.
学生の推薦に基づいて新しいクラブが設立された。
A new club was established based on the students' recommendation.
Here, '推薦' appears as a noun referring to the act of recommendation.
彼女は推薦状を書くのが得意です。
She is skilled at writing recommendation letters.
In this usage, '推薦' is part of a compound word (推薦状), representing a recommendation letter.
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