How to say "notification" in Japanese

• 通知つうちJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers the everyday sense of being notified — phone or app notifications, notices of schedule changes or results. The safest general choice when 'notification' means information sent to you.
  おって通知つうちがあるまで待まて。↗

  Wait until further notice.
• 通達つうたつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA notification in the sense of an official directive or circular handed down from a higher administrative level to lower ones. Not the word for personal or app notifications.
• 告知こくちCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbNotification as announcement or disclosure — publicizing something such as an event, a change, or (in medical contexts) a diagnosis. The emphasis is on informing people in advance.
  彼かれの死亡しぼう告知こくちが新聞しんぶんに出でた。↗

  An announcement of his death appeared in the newspapers.
• 通報つうほうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbNotification as reporting something to authorities or relevant parties — tipping off police, reporting an accident or a problem. The sender is alerting someone about an incident.
  すぐ警察けいさつに通報つうほうしてください。↗

  You should notify the police at once.
• 届とどけJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)A notification you file, in the sense of a written report or registration submitted to an office. Really a noun for the document itself, not the act of notifying.
  盗難とうなんの届とどけをだしたいのですけど。↗

  I would like to report a theft.

通知 is the default for app or informational notices; 通達 is administrative directives; 告知 is announcements; 通報 is reporting incidents to authorities; 届 is formal filings or registrations.

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

• 通知つうちnotice
• 通達つうたつnotification
• 告知こくちnotice
• 通報つうほうreport
• 届とどけreport
• 届け出とどけでreport
• 断りことわりnotice
• 達したっしofficial notice
• お知らせおしらせnotice
• 知らせしらせnews
• 申告しんこくreport
• 催告さいこくnotification
• 告達こくたつnotification
• 申達しんたつnotification (from a high to a low official)
• 布達ふたつnotification
• 通牒つうちょうnotice
• 届け書とどけしょ(written) report
• 稟告りんこくnotice
• お達しおたっしnotice or order handed down from above
• 通知書つうちしょwritten notification
• 届け出でとどけいでreport
• 案内あんないinformation
• ご案内ごあんないinformation