How to say "information" in Japanese

• 情報じょうほうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe default word for information as facts or data — something you find out, share, store, or process. It also covers news and intelligence; for 'information' in most everyday contexts, this is the word you want.
  この情報じょうほうは正ただしいか。↗

  Is this information right?
• 報告ほうこくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReally 'report': a report you give or file, or the act of reporting to a superior. As 'information' it is information conveyed in a report, so seldom the word for information in general.
  彼かれの報告ほうこくは本当ほんとうには思おもえない。↗

  His report does not sound true.
• 知識ちしきJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounKnowledge rather than passing data: facts and understanding you acquire through study or experience and hold in mind. Choose it when 'information' means what someone knows, not a news item or a message received.
  私のドイツ語どいつごの知識ちしきは貧弱ひんじゃくです。↗

  My knowledge of German is poor.
• ねたCommon
  nounMaterial for a story or article — what a writer or reporter works from — or a news item as source material. Not the general word for 'information'; it really means the raw stuff behind a story.
• 報ほうCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)News or a report received; you will mostly meet it as part of other words rather than on its own, so for 'information' itself 情報 is the word you will almost always want.
  国民こくみん全体ぜんたいは国王こくおう死去しきょの報ほうを聞きいて悲かなしんだ。↗

  The whole nation was sad to hear that their king died.

Use 情報 for information as facts or data; 知識 for knowledge a person holds; 報告 for a report given to someone; 「ねた」 for material behind a story or article; and 報 chiefly as part of other words.

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

• 情報じょうほうinformation
• 報告ほうこくreport
• 知識ちしきknowledge
• ねたmaterial (for a story, article, etc.)
• 報ほうinformation
• インフォメーションinformation
• 便りたよりnews
• 知見ちけんknowledge
• 報知ほうちinformation
• 見聞きみききinformation
• 見聞けんぶんinformation
• 一報いっぽうinformation
• 資料しりょうmaterial
• 報道ほうどうreport (of news)
• 知らせしらせnews
• インフォinformation
• 注進ちゅうしんinformation
• 垂教すいきょうinformation
• たれこみtip-off (to the authorities)
• 略式起訴りゃくしききそsummary indictment
• ちんころtip-off (to the authorities)
• 密告みっこくanonymous report
• 案内あんないinformation
• ご案内ごあんないinformation
• 沙汰さたnotice