WORD DETAIL
提言
ていげん
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
提言(ていげん) is a noun for a concrete recommendation offered to improve policy or solve a problem. - Basic usage:
専門家の提言を受けるtreats expert recommendations as grounds for revising a plan, while具体的な提言をまとめるmakes young people’s local proposals the object compiled.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Received recommendation and authored proposal
提言を受けるreceives another party’s recommendation, whereas提言をまとめるorganizes views into a proposal. A recommendation is not a legally binding order.

