How to say "commission" in Japanese

• 依頼いらいJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'commission' in the sense of asking or entrusting someone to do something — the act of placing a request. Typical when you commission work from a designer, translator, or craftsperson.
  事務じむ弁護士べんごしに遺言状ゆいごんじょうの作成さくせいを依頼いらいした。↗

  I asked the solicitor to make out my will.
• 嘱託しょくたくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'commission' as the entrustment of work to someone — the focus falls on handing the work over rather than on the request itself. Typical where a person is commissioned to carry out a task.
• コミッションCommon
  nounThe loanword from English. It chiefly refers to a commission as money — a fee or percentage paid on sales — or to artwork done on commission, rather than to the act of requesting.
• 委任状いにんじょうCommon
  nounHere 'commission' is the legal sense: a written document authorizing someone to act as your proxy — really a power of attorney, not a word for commissioning work.
• 任官にんかんCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'commission' as appointment to an office or position — an investiture, as when an officer receives a commission. Seldom the word you want for commissioning work from someone.

Use 依頼 to commission or request something of someone, 嘱託 for entrusting work to a person, 「コミッション」 for the loanword (a fee or artwork commission), 委任状 for a written power of attorney, and 任官 for appointment to office.

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• 依頼いらいrequest
• 嘱託しょくたくcommission
• コミッションcommission
• 委任状いにんじょうcommission
• 任官にんかんappointment (to an office)
• 委員会いいんかいcommittee
• 手数料てすうりょう(handling) fee
• 委託いたくentrusting (something to a person)
• 任命にんめいappointment
• 委いcommittee
• 上米うわまいcommission
• 口銭こうせんcommission
• 委託料金いたくりょうきんcommission
• 周旋料しゅうせんりょうbrokerage
• 間銀あいぎんhandling fee
• 間銭あいせんhandling fee
• 成果給せいかきゅうperformance-based pay
• 受命じゅめいreceiving an order
• 作為さくいcommission (of a crime)
• 歩合ぶあいcommission
• リベートcommission
• さやmargin (between two prices)
• 歩ぶcommission
• 歩割ぶわりcommission
• 上前うわまえpercentage