How to say "recommendation" in Japanese

• 推奨すいしょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbUsed when something — a practice, method, or product — is recommended or endorsed as advisable, as in official guidelines or a company's recommendation of its own offering.
• 推薦すいせんJLPT N3approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveFor recommending a person or thing for a specific purpose — a student for admission, a candidate for a job — or a referral; the nuance is putting someone or something forward.
  私達わたしたちは彼かれを議長ぎちょうに推薦すいせんした。↗

  We recommended him as chairman.
• 勧めすすめJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe everyday word for advice, suggestion, or encouragement to do something — a friend's recommendation to try a dish or a doctor's advice to rest — rather than formal endorsement.
  もし彼かれのすすめに従したがっていたら、会社かいしゃに一いち銭せんもなくなっていたかもしれません。↗

  The firm might have lost all its money if it had taken his advice.
• 提言ていげんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA formal proposal or recommendation put forward by a committee, panel, or expert group, especially on policy; it is the word for recommendations issued as proposals, not personal advice.
  君きみの提言ていげんが会合かいごうの席せきで話題わだいにのぼったよ。↗

  Your suggestion came up at the meeting.
• 推挙すいきょCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers only recommending a person for a position, i.e. nomination; for 'recommendation' in any broader sense it is not the word you want.
  バリー・テイラーの名なが議長ぎちょう職しょくに推挙すいきょされている。↗

  Barry Taylor's name has been put forward for the post of chairman.

Choose 「勧め」 for everyday advice or suggestions, 推奨 for endorsing something as advisable, 推薦 for recommending a person or making a referral, 提言 for formal proposals, and 推挙 for nominating a person to a position.

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• 推奨すいしょうrecommendation
• 推薦すいせんrecommendation
• 勧めすすめrecommendation
• 提言ていげんproposal
• 推挙すいきょrecommendation (of a person for a position)
• 口添えくちぞえrecommendation
• 他薦たせんrecommendation (by others)
• 選奨せんしょうrecommendation
• 勧告かんこくadvice
• 斡旋あっせんgood offices
• 進言しんげんadvice (to a superior)
• おすすめrecommendation
• リコメンデーションrecommendation
• 勧告案かんこくあんrecommendation
• お声がかりおこえがかりrecommendation (of an influential person)
• 薦挙せんきょrecommendation
• 推薦書すいせんしょrecommendation
• 推輓すいばんrecommendation (of someone for a position)
• オヌヌメrecommendation
• レコメンドrecommending
• 建策けんさくmaking a plan
• しょうようadvice
• 建議書けんぎしょ(written) proposal (sent to the government)
• 世話せわgood offices
• 引き立てひきたてsupport