Word Meaning 称賛

しょうさん shousan

称賛 is read as しょうさん (shousan) and means praise.

Meaning

English

  1. praise
  2. admiration
  3. commendation
  4. approbation
  5. applause

Reading

Kana

しょうさん

Romaji

shousan

Writing Variants

  • 称讃 しょうさん shousan
  • 称讚 しょうさん shousan
  • 賞讃 しょうさん shousan
  • 賞賛 しょうさん shousan
  • 賞讚 しょうさん shousan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 8482 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

称する

しょうする

to take the name of

称号

しょうごう

title

絶賛

ぜっさん

high praise

協賛

きょうさん

support

さん

inscription (on a painting)

自画自賛

じがじさん

singing one's own praises

自賛

じさん

self-praise

礼賛

らいさん

praise

名称

めいしょう

name

対称

たいしょう

second person

詐称

さしょう

misrepresentation

通称

つうしょう

popular name

Example Sentences

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そのかしゅはせかいじゅうでしょうさんされた。

The singer was praised all over the world.

He received a lot of praise.

She's an admirable woman.

She is above praise.

No one thought Mary worthy of praise.

Don't be ashamed of wanting to be taught what you don't know. To know something is cause for praise. It is inexcusable to want to learn nothing.

It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.