How to say "correspondent" in Japanese

• 通信員つうしんいんCommon
  nounThe usual word for a correspondent in the news sense: someone who reports from a place for a newspaper or broadcaster. It also covers 'reporter', and being a common word it is the default choice.
  通信員つうしんいんは海外かいがい生活せいかつにすぐに順応じゅんのうしなくてはいけない。↗

  A correspondent must soon adjust himself to life abroad.
• コレスポンデント
  nounA katakana rendering of 'correspondent' with the same basic sense, but a less common choice; in most situations 通信員 is the word you will actually want.
• コルレス
  nounAn abbreviation of コレスポンデント, and a less common word; it turns up mainly in banking talk rather than general news reporting, so it is seldom the word you want for 'correspondent'.
• 投書家とうしょか
  nounCovers the 'contributor' sense: a person who sends letters or pieces in to a newspaper, not a reporter on assignment. For the news-correspondent sense, 通信員 is the word to use.

For a news correspondent or reporter, use 通信員; 投書家 is a reader who contributes letters to a paper; the loanword 「コレスポンデント」 and its abbreviation 「コルレス」 are less common alternatives.

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

• 通信員つうしんいんcorrespondent
• コレスポンデントcorrespondent
• コルレスcorrespondent
• 投書家とうしょかcontributor (e.g. to a newspaper)
• 特派員とくはいん(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper)