勧奨|かんしょうkanshou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbencouragement; stimulation

• Synonym奨励しょうれいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Advocating something as a good thing, as in 「節約を奨励する」; 「勧奨」 focuses on urging a person to actually do it.
• Synonym勧めるすすめるNeutralNeutral verb covering everyday urging and recommending; 「勧奨」 is its written, official-document counterpart, as in 「退職勧奨」.
• Related鼓舞こぶWrittenWritten/formal prose. Rousing morale and lifting spirits, focusing on stirring fighting spirit; 「勧奨」 urges someone to do something.
• Related激励げきれいNeutralNeutral. Cheering people on and spurring them, as in 「激励会」; the stress is on morale and drive, while 「勧奨」 recommends a specific course of action.
• Related促進そくしんNeutralNeutral. Pushing a matter along and speeding it up, as in 「販売促進」; its object is a thing, while 「勧奨」 addresses people.
• Related推進すいしんNeutralNeutral. Driving a project or policy forward, as in 「推進派」; its object is an undertaking, while 「勧奨」 addresses people.
• Related誘導ゆうどうNeutralNeutral. Guiding people or things to a place or state, as in 「避難誘導」; 「勧奨」 merely urges, without leading.
• Related誘うさそうNeutralNeutral verb for inviting someone to do something together, and also for tempting or luring; 「勧奨」 is the official-document way of urging action.
• Related励ましはげましNeutralNeutral noun for encouragement itself, as in 「励ましの言葉」 or 「励ましの拍手」; it centers on cheering people up, not urging action.
• Related励ますはげますNeutralNeutral verb for cheering people on, the most common everyday choice; it stresses moral support, while 「勧奨」 stresses urging action.
• Related促すうながすNeutralNeutral verb for urging or prompting, as in 「注意を促す」; it can also take things as its object, while 「勧奨」 is mostly a solemn urging of people.
• Related督励とくれいWrittenWritten/formal prose. A superior supervising and encouraging subordinates, with the emphasis on pressing them on; 「勧奨」 carries no supervisory relationship.
• Related鞭撻べんたつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Spurring and pressing people on; today mostly a polite set phrase, as in 「ご指導ご鞭撻」. 「勧奨」 is seen mainly in official documents.
• Related鼓吹こすいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Spreading and advocating an idea or doctrine, as in 「民主主義を鼓吹する」; 「勧奨」 urges people to take action.
• Related策励さくれいWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare. Urging and spurring someone to rouse themselves; in daily speech say 「励ます」, and use 「勧奨」 for urging people to act.
• Related元気づけるげんきづけるCasualColloquial verb for lifting a dispirited person back into good spirits; 「勧奨」 urges people to do something and belongs to official writing.
• Relatedご鞭撻ごべんたつFormalFormal. The honorific form of 「鞭撻」, a polite set phrase as in 「ご指導ご鞭撻」 or 「ご鞭撻を賜る」; its use differs from 「勧奨」.
• Related勇気づけるゆうきづけるNeutralNeutral verb for giving someone courage and strengthening their resolve; 「勧奨」 is about urging a person to do a specific thing.
• Related力づけるちからづけるNeutralNeutral verb for encouraging people and giving them strength, close to 「勇気づける」; it carries no sense of urging someone to act.
• Antonym禁止きんしNeutralNeutral. Forbidding an act — the direct opposite of 「勧奨」, which urges people to do something.
• Antonym抑制よくせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Pressing something down or holding it in check so it does not grow — the opposite of 「勧奨」, which encourages and pushes forward.

「勧奨」 is the official-document word for urging people to do something, as in 「退職勧奨」 and 「接種勧奨」. In everyday speech say 「勧める」; for advocating something as good use 「奨励」, and for cheering people on 「励ます」. Most of the other near-synonyms here describe emotional support or pushing things forward rather than urging action; the opposite is 「禁止」.

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1. ある事ことをするように勧すすめること。