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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to encourage; to urge
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
医者に運動を勧められたんだ。
The doctor recommended exercise to me.
彼に転職を勧めてみたらどう?
How about recommending a job change to him?
友人にこの本をぜひ読むように勧めたら喜んでくれた。
I recommended this book to my friend and they were pleased.