薦

Vocabulary (12)

• 推薦枠

  すいせんわく

  (university) admission category for recommended candidates

• 真菰

  まこも

  Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)

• お薦

  おこも

  beggar

• 蒲薦

  ほせん

  bulrush mat

• 推薦入試

  すいせんにゅうし

  entrance examination for selected candidates (who have been recommended to the university)

• 粗薦

  あらこも

  loosely woven mat of wild rice leaves

• 菰蓆

  こもむしろ

  mat of woven wild rice leaves

• 菰僧

  こもそう

  mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect

• 薦挙

  せんきょ

  recommendation

• 他薦

  たせん

  recommendation (by others)

• 奏薦

  そうせん

  recommendation to the throne

• 仙椎

  せんつい

  sacral vertebra