How to say "message" in Japanese

• メッセージJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe everyday, all-purpose word for a message — a text, a note or spoken message left for someone, a message on a card. When you simply mean 'message', this is the word to reach for.
  このメッセージは意味いみをなさない。↗

  This message doesn't make sense.
• 教書きょうしょCommon
  nounOnly the formal political sense: an official message or address delivered by the US president or a state governor. For personal or everyday messages it is not the word you want; use メッセージ.
• 連絡れんらくJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the sense of a communication or message passed to get in touch or keep someone informed — letting someone know you will be late, arranging to meet. The emphasis falls on the contact itself.
  ここに来きた時ときは、必かならず連絡れんらくしてね。↗

  Please get in touch with me when you are here.
• ご連絡ごれんらくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe respectful (sonkeigo) form of 連絡, used when politely speaking of or requesting contact — as in business emails asking the recipient to get in touch or acknowledging their call.
  いずれご連絡れんらくいたします。↗

  I will get in touch with you.
• 通報つうほうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe technical term for a message in information and communication theory. For an everyday message it is not the word you want; in ordinary usage it typically means reporting an incident to the authorities.

Use 「メッセージ」 for ordinary messages, 連絡 or honorific 「ご連絡」 for getting in touch or keeping someone informed, 教書 for a formal presidential or gubernatorial address, and 通報 only as the technical term in communication theory.

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

• メッセージmessage
• 教書きょうしょmessage (delivered by the US president or a state governor)
• 連絡れんらくcontacting
• ご連絡ごれんらくcontacting
• 申し送りもうしおくりmessage
• 通信文つうしんぶんmessage
• 連絡事項れんらくじこうmessage
• 諭示ゆしadmonition
• 伝言でんごん(verbal) message
• 伝言つてこと(verbal) message
• 言伝ことづて(oral) message
• 言付けことづけ(verbal) message
• メールmessage (in an instant messaging application)
• 通報つうほうmessage (in information and communication theory)
• 託言たくげんmessage (esp. oral)
• 凸るとつるto message (someone)
• 沙汰さたnotice