助言 (じょげん, jogen) Japanese meaning: advice | Kotomora

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助言する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General term for giving helpful guidance or recommendations. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb (助言する).

アドバイスN3
アドバイス is a casual loanword for advice used in everyday conversation, while 助言 sounds more formal and is common in professional or written contexts.
忠ちゅう告こくN2
忠告 often carries a cautionary or warning tone, whereas 助言 is neutral and simply offers helpful guidance.
提てい案あんN3
提案 means proposing an idea or plan for consideration, while 助言 focuses on giving guidance based on knowledge or experience.
指し導どうN3
指導 implies ongoing teaching or coaching toward a goal, whereas 助言 is a single piece of advice or suggestion.

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勧かん告こくN1
助言 is everyday, personal advice, while 勧告 is a formal, often official recommendation that may carry an expectation of compliance.
相そう談だんに乗のるN1
助言する is a formal, direct way to say 'to advise', whereas 相談に乗る conveys a warmer process of listening to someone's problem before giving guidance.
相そう談だんN4
助言 is the advice itself that is given, whereas 相談 is the act of consulting someone to obtain that advice.

相そう談だんN4
相談 means discussing a problem to seek input together, while 助言 refers to the actual advice given, often by one party to another.
助たすけN2
助言 shares the kanji 助 with 助け but means advice or counsel, not physical or material help.

件けんN2
助言 is often counted with 件 when referring to individual pieces of advice given, as in 三件の助言.
回かいN4
助言 can also be counted with 回 to describe how many times advice was given.

助言Usage100%
- じょげん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading じょごん is obsolete.
- じょごん
  out-dated reading
じょごん

Compound of 助 (help, assist) and 言 (words, speech). The reading じょげん is standard; じょごん is an obsolete variant.