How to say "announce" in Japanese

• 告げるつげるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe general verb for making something known: telling or informing people of news or that something has happened. Choose this for the plain sense of 'announce' when no formal decision or visitor is involved.
• 言い渡すいいわたすCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbFor announcing something as a formal pronouncement: delivering a decision, sentence, or order, typically from a position of authority. It is not the neutral verb for simply passing on news.
  いきなり解雇かいこを言い渡いいわたされた。↗

  I was discharged without notice.
• 取り次ぐとりつぐJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbOnly for the sense of announcing a visitor: informing someone that a visitor has arrived or relaying a phone call on another person's behalf. It is not the verb for announcing news in general.

Use 「告げる」 for conveying news or information in general, 「言い渡す」 for formally delivering a decision, sentence, or order from a position of authority, and 「取り次ぐ」 only for announcing a visitor or relaying a call.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 告げるつげるto tell
• 言い渡すいいわたすto announce
• 宣するせんするto announce
• 宣すせんすto announce
• 申し渡すもうしわたすto tell
• 取り次ぐとりつぐto inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.)
• 号するごうするto announce
• 触れ込むふれこむto advertise