How to say "record" in Japanese

• 記録きろくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe broadest choice: a record of facts, events, or data, such as minutes or a log. Also a record in the sense of a best performance or statistic.
  無言むごんが記録きろくされたためしはない。↗

  No silence was ever written down.
• 記載きさいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbPoints to the mention or entry of something within a document—what is written down and stated there—rather than to a record as a whole. Often closer to 'mention' or 'entry' than 'record'.
  ハーブ、レオン・トーマス著ちょ、ハーバルライフ社しゃよりという名前なまえを記載きさいしてください。↗

  Just make sure that credit is given: "from The Herbs, by Leon Thomas, published by Herbal Life."
• 成績せいせきJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'record' in the sense of results or performance: grades and marks at school, or a person's or team's results over time. Not a record of events or data in general.
  学校がっこうの成績せいせきは普通ふつうでしたよ。↗

  My school grades were average.
• 歴れきCommon
  suffixEssentially a word element, not a standalone word: it forms nouns for a person's history or background in some area, such as career or medical history. Seldom what you want for 'record' by itself.
  なぜかうまくいかず、目下もっか全戦ぜんせん全敗ぜんぱい、「彼女かのじょいない歴れき＝自分じぶんの年齢ねんれい」という寂さびしい生活せいかつを送おくっていました。↗

  For some reason it didn't go well, shot down at every attempt, and he led a sad "History of no girlfriend = Age" life.
• 登録とうろくJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbConcerns registration: putting a person or item on an official list or into a system, or the entry made thereby. For 'record' it is really about registering, not about keeping a record.
  今いま登録とうろくされれば、１年間ねんかん無料むりょうです。↗

  Join now and pay nothing for a whole year.

Use 記録 for a record of facts, events, or data; 記載 for what is written in a document; 成績 for results or a performance record; 歴 only inside words for personal history; 登録 for registration, not records.

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• 記録きろくrecord
• 記載きさいmention (in a document)
• 成績せいせきresults
• 歴れきexperience
• 登録とうろくregistration
• 記録的きろくてきrecord
• 調書ちょうしょprotocol
• 上せるのぼせるto raise
• 記きaccount
• 録ろくrecord
• 録するろくするto record
• 訴訟記録そしょうきろくrecord (of legal proceedings in a court)
• 録音盤ろくおんばんrecord
• 写し撮るうつしとるto record (in a photograph or on video)
• 書き記すかきしるすto write down
• 上すのぼすto raise
• 過去最大かこさいだいlargest ever
• レコード(phonograph) record
• 留めるとどめるto record (e.g. a fact)
• カルテrecord (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
• 履歴りれきlog
• 撮るとるto record (audio or video)
• 登載とうさいregistration
• 出来できgrades
• 盤ばん(phonograph) record
• 書留かきとめ(putting on) record
• 取るとるto record
• 抜くぬくto take (a photo)
• 吹き込むふきこむto record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)