How to say "recipe" in Japanese

• 製法せいほうJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'recipe' as a method or formula for making something — essentially a manufacturing or production method. It points to how a product is made rather than to a set of cooking instructions.
  チーズの製法せいほうを教おしえてください。↗

  Would you teach me how to make cheese?
• 秘訣ひけつCommon
  nounIts 'recipe' sense is figurative: a secret method or knack for achieving something, as in 'the recipe for success'. It is not the word for an actual cooking recipe; think 'secret trick' or 'key'.
  おいしいジャムを作つくる秘訣ひけつを教おしえてください。↗

  Please tell me the secret to making good jam.

Use 製法 for 'recipe' in the sense of a method or formula for making something, and 秘訣 only for the figurative 'recipe' meaning a secret trick or key to success.

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• 製法せいほうmanufacturing method
• 秘訣ひけつsecret (method, trick, etc.)
• レシピrecipe
• 料理レシピりょうりレシピrecipe (cooking)
• 料理法りょうりほうway of cooking
• 薬方やくほうprescription
• 調理法ちょうりほうmethod of cooking
• 作り方つくりかたrecipe