I Love Kanji勧める (susumeru)
勧める (すすめる, susumeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to recommend (someone to do); to advise”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- すすめる
- Romaji
- susumeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to encourage; to urge · ichidan verb, transitive
- to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest · ichidan verb, transitive · esp. 薦める
- to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.) · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
彼にウイスキーかジンをすすめたが、彼はどちらもいらないと言った。
I offered him whisky or gin, but he said he didn't need either.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 勧める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 勧める | すすめる susumeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 勧めます | すすめます susumemasu |
| Negative | 勧めない | すすめない susumenai |
| Polite negative | 勧めません | すすめません susumemasen |
| Past | 勧めた | すすめた susumeta |
| Polite past | 勧めました | すすめました susumemashita |
| Negative past | 勧めなかった | すすめなかった susumenakatta |
| Te-form | 勧めて | すすめて susumete |
| Potential | 勧められる | すすめられる susumerareru |
| Passive | 勧められる | すすめられる susumerareru |
| Causative | 勧めさせる | すすめさせる susumesaseru |
| Volitional | 勧めよう | すすめよう susumeyou |
| Imperative | 勧めろ | すすめろ susumero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 勧めれば | すすめれば susumereba |
Kanji in 勧める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 勧める.
Source: JMdict entry 1595680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.