"自薦" meaning in All languages combined

See 自薦 on Wiktionary

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡siː²² t͡siːn³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/, /t͡siː²² t͡siːn³³/ Chinese transliterations: zìjiàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zi⁶ zin³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zìjiàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], zìhjiàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tzŭ⁴-chien⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dz̀-jyàn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], tzyhjiann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цзыцзянь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], czyczjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], jih jin [Cantonese, Yale], dzi⁶ dzin³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ji⁶ jin³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 自荐
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 自薦
  1. to recommend oneself Derived forms: 毛遂自薦 (máosuìzìjiàn), 毛遂自荐 (máosuìzìjiàn)
    Sense id: en-自薦-zh-verb-2myvy7sA Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 72 11 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 8 25

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [d͡ʑisẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 自薦 [canonical] (ruby: (), (せん)), jisen [romanization]
Etymology: From 自 (ji, “self”) + 薦 (sen, “recommendation”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|じせん}} 自(じ)薦(せん) • (jisen)
  1. Self-reccomendation (for a job) Derived forms: 毛遂自薦 (mōsuijisen) (ruby: 毛遂自薦(もうすいじせん)) (english: to offer oneself voluntarily, especially for a difficult task.)
    Sense id: en-自薦-ja-noun-p5zJJleO Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 56 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 75 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 56 44

Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [d͡ʑisẽ̞ɴ]
Etymology: From 自 (ji, “self”) + 薦 (sen, “recommendation”). Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|じせん|tr=both}} 自(じ)薦(せん)する • (jisen suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 自(じ)薦(せん)し (jisen shi), past 自(じ)薦(せん)した (jisen shita)) Forms: 自薦する [canonical] (ruby: (), (せん)), jisen suru [romanization], 自薦し [stem] (ruby: (), (せん)), 自薦した [past] (ruby: (), (せん)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 自薦し [error-unrecognized-form], じせんし [error-unrecognized-form], jisen shi [error-unrecognized-form], 自薦する [error-unrecognized-form], じせんする [error-unrecognized-form], jisen suru [error-unrecognized-form], 自薦すれ [error-unrecognized-form], じせんすれ [error-unrecognized-form], jisen sure [error-unrecognized-form], 自薦せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 自薦しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], じせんせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], じせんしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], jisen seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], jisen shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 自薦される [passive], じせんされる [passive], jisen sareru [passive], 自薦させる [causative], 自薦さす [causative], じせんさせる [causative], じせんさす [causative], jisen saseru [causative], jisen sasu [causative], 自薦できる [potential], じせんできる [potential], jisen dekiru [potential], 自薦しよう [volitional], じせんしよう [volitional], jisen shiyō [volitional], 自薦しない [negative], じせんしない [negative], jisen shinai [negative], 自薦せず [continuative, negative], じせんせず [continuative, negative], jisen sezu [continuative, negative], 自薦します [formal], じせんします [formal], jisen shimasu [formal], 自薦した [perfective], じせんした [perfective], jisen shita [perfective], 自薦して [conjunctive], じせんして [conjunctive], jisen shite [conjunctive], 自薦すれば [conditional, hypothetical], じせんすれば [conditional, hypothetical], jisen sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to reccommend oneself
    Sense id: en-自薦-ja-verb-CicQRgaA Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自荐",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "自薦",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 11 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 8 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "máosuìzìjiàn",
          "word": "毛遂自薦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "máosuìzìjiàn",
          "word": "毛遂自荐"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recommend oneself"
      ],
      "id": "en-自薦-zh-verb-2myvy7sA",
      "links": [
        [
          "recommend",
          "recommend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zìjiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zi⁶ zin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zìjiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zìhjiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzŭ⁴-chien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dz̀-jyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzyhjiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзыцзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czyczjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jih jin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi⁶ dzin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁶ jin³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² t͡siːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² t͡siːn³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "自薦"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tasen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "他薦",
          "たせん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "他薦"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 自 (ji, “self”) + 薦 (sen, “recommendation”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自薦",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "薦",
          "せん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じせん"
      },
      "expansion": "自(じ)薦(せん) • (jisen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to offer oneself voluntarily, especially for a difficult task.",
          "roman": "mōsuijisen",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "毛遂自薦",
              "もうすいじせん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "毛遂自薦"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Self-reccomendation (for a job)"
      ],
      "id": "en-自薦-ja-noun-p5zJJleO"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じせん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑisẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "自薦"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From 自 (ji, “self”) + 薦 (sen, “recommendation”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自薦する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "薦",
          "せん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦し",
      "roman": "jisen shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "薦",
          "せん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦した",
      "roman": "jisen shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "薦",
          "せん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じせん",
        "tr": "both"
      },
      "expansion": "自(じ)薦(せん)する • (jisen suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 自(じ)薦(せん)し (jisen shi), past 自(じ)薦(せん)した (jisen shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reccommend oneself"
      ],
      "id": "en-自薦-ja-verb-CicQRgaA"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じせん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑisẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "自薦"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "máosuìzìjiàn",
      "word": "毛遂自薦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "máosuìzìjiàn",
      "word": "毛遂自荐"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自荐",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "自薦",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
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      "glosses": [
        "to recommend oneself"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "zìjiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "zi⁶ zin³"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zìjiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zìhjiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzŭ⁴-chien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dz̀-jyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzyhjiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзыцзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czyczjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jih jin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi⁶ dzin³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji⁶ jin³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² t͡siːn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² t͡siːn³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "自薦"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tasen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "他薦",
          "たせん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "他薦"
    }
  ],
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to offer oneself voluntarily, especially for a difficult task.",
      "roman": "mōsuijisen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "毛遂自薦",
          "もうすいじせん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "毛遂自薦"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 自 (ji, “self”) + 薦 (sen, “recommendation”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "自薦",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "薦",
          "せん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "じせん"
      },
      "expansion": "自(じ)薦(せん) • (jisen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Self-reccomendation (for a job)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "じせん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑisẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "自薦"
}

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      "form": "自薦する",
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          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
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          "薦",
          "せん"
        ]
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      "form": "jisen suru",
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          "自",
          "じ"
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          "薦",
          "せん"
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    },
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      "form": "自薦した",
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          "自",
          "じ"
        ],
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          "薦",
          "せん"
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      "form": "自薦し",
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      "form": "じせんし",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "jisen shi",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "自薦する",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "自薦すれ",
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      "form": "じせんすれ",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "jisen sure",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "自薦せよ",
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        "imperative"
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        "literary"
      ]
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      "form": "jisen shiro",
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        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "自薦される",
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        "passive"
      ]
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      "form": "じせんされる",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "jisen sareru",
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        "passive"
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    {
      "form": "自薦させる",
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        "causative"
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    {
      "form": "自薦さす",
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      ]
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      "form": "じせんさせる",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんさす",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen saseru",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "じせんしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦せず",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "じせんせず",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "自薦します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "じせんします",
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        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "jisen shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "自薦した",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfective"
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      "form": "じせんした",
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      "form": "jisen shita",
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        "perfective"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "自薦して",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "じせんして",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen shite",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "自薦すれば",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
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      "form": "じせんすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jisen sureba",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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        "tr": "both"
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to reccommend oneself"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "じせん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑisẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "自薦"
}

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