How to say "command" in Japanese

• コマンドCommon
  nounThe borrowed word, used above all in computing: the commands you type or give to a computer or program. For everyday human orders it is not the usual choice.
  下記かきのｑｕｉｔコマンドを使つかうとアプリケーションを終了しゅうりょうさせることが出来できます。↗

  If you use the quit command noted below, you can make the application exit.
• 命令めいれいJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe general word for an order or command from someone in authority: a directive the listener is expected to obey. Covers everything from a parent's or boss's order to an official decree.
  ケンは自分じぶんの犬いぬに、そこで待まつように命令めいれいした。↗

  Ken told his dog to wait there.
• 指揮しきJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCommand as the act of directing: taking charge of troops, an orchestra, or a project and guiding how it proceeds. Think 'take command' or 'conduct' rather than a single spoken order.
  彼女かのじょは計画けいかくの立案りつあんを指揮しきした。↗

  She directed the planning of the project.
• 司令しれいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbMilitary command: the authority or act of commanding forces, and by extension the officer who holds it, a commander or commandant. Outside armed-forces contexts it is seldom the word you want.
• 令れいCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)A word for an order or command, but as an independent word it is rare: it lives on mainly in fixed written expressions. For an ordinary command, 命令 is the word you want.
  国際こくさい貿易ぼうえき禁止きんし令れいがその国くにの経済けいざいにとって最後さいごの頼たのみでしょう。↗

  An international trade ban could be the last straw for that country's economy.

Use 命令 for an order someone must obey, 「コマンド」 for computer commands, 指揮 for directing an operation or group, 司令 for military command, and 令 only in fixed formal expressions.

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• コマンドcommand
• 命令めいれいorder
• 指揮しきcommand
• 司令しれいcommand
• 令れいcommand
• 統率とうそつcommand
• 命ずるめいずるto order
• 率いるひきいるto lead
• 号令ごうれいorder (esp. to a number of people)
• 命じるめいじるto order
• 執るとるto take (trouble)
• 指令しれいorder
• 指図さしずdirections
• 取り締まるとりしまるto manage
• 言い渡しいいわたしsentence
• 命めいorder
• 仰せおおせorder (from one's superior)
• 用命ようめいcommand
• 仰せ付けるおおせつけるto command
• 下知げじcommand
• 令するれいするto command
• 扼すやくすto command
• 扼するやくするto command
• 言いつけいいつけorder
• 統べるすべるto rule over
• 督するとくするto lead
• 統領とうりょうrule
• 下命かめいorder
• 命令形めいれいけいimperative form
• 制すせいすto control
• 望むのぞむto see
• 沙汰さたdirections
• 制するせいするto control
• 擁するようするto command
• 天下りあまくだりcommand (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.)
• 采配さいはいorder
• 采配を振るうさいはいをふるうto lead