How to say "bidding" in Japanese

• 入札にゅうさつCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers bids and bidding in the commercial sense: offering a price in an auction or submitting a tender for a contract. This is the word for competitive price-bidding, not for hosting events.
  橋はしの建設けんせつの入札にゅうさつが募つのられた。↗

  Bids were solicited for the building of the bridge.
• 招致しょうちCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers bidding in the sense of courting or inviting something, such as a campaign to host the Olympics. It emphasizes the effort to attract or bring the event to one's city or country.
• 立候補りっこうほCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers bidding to host an event as the act of standing as a candidate, e.g. a city announcing its candidacy for the Olympics. It frames the bid formally as entering the race rather than courting it.
  私は大統領だいとうりょうに立候補りっこうほするのを諦あきらめた。↗

  I gave up running for president.

Use 入札 for bids in auctions or tenders; for bidding to host an event such as the Olympics, choose 招致 for the invitation/courting effort or 立候補 for formally standing as a candidate.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 入札にゅうさつbid
• 招致しょうちinvitation
• 立候補りっこうほcandidacy