JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

斡旋 (assen)

斡旋 (あっせん, assen) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “good offices; kind offices”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あっせん
Romaji
assen
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. good offices; kind offices; services; influence; recommendation · noun, suru verb, transitive
  2. mediation; intercession; conciliation; acting as a go-between · noun, suru verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は友人のあっせんでその仕事についた。
He obtained the job through the good offices of his friend.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 斡旋

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary斡旋するあっせんする assensuru
Polite (~masu)斡旋しますあっせんします assenshimasu
Negative斡旋しないあっせんしない assenshinai
Polite negative斡旋しませんあっせんしません assenshimasen
Past斡旋したあっせんした assenshita
Polite past斡旋しましたあっせんしました assenshimashita
Negative past斡旋しなかったあっせんしなかった assenshinakatta
Te-form斡旋してあっせんして assenshite
Potential斡旋できるあっせんできる assendekiru
Passive斡旋されるあっせんされる assensareru
Causative斡旋させるあっせんさせる assensaseru
Volitional斡旋しようあっせんしよう assenshiyou
Imperative斡旋しろあっせんしろ assenshiro
Conditional (~ba)斡旋すればあっせんすれば assensureba

Kanji in 斡旋

Source: JMdict entry 1153410 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.