How to say "notify" in Japanese

• 知らせるしらせるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe general word for letting someone know: use it when 'notify' means to inform or advise a person of something — news, a result, or a change they should hear about.
  彼女かのじょはそれをどのようにして知しらせたのですか。↗

  How did she tell them?
• 届け出るとどけでるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers 'notify' in the official sense of reporting something to an office or the authorities; the nuance is formally submitting the notification, as when reporting a change of address.
• 申し出るもうしでるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThis is seldom the word you want for 'notify': it really means to offer, propose, or come forward with something, as when volunteering to help.
  私は彼女かのじょにお金かねを貸かそうと申し出もうしでた。↗

  I offered to lend money to her.
• 届けるとどけるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers 'notify' broadly, from reporting something to formally filing notice or giving notice to the authorities; the nuance is delivering or submitting the notification so it reaches the other party.
  私は車くるまが盗ぬすまれたことを警察けいさつに届とどけた。↗

  I reported the theft of my car to the police.

Choose 「知らせる」 to inform someone of something, 「届け出る」 or 「届ける」 to report or file notice officially with an office or the authorities, and avoid 「申し出る」 for 'notify', since it means to offer or propose.

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• 知らせるしらせるto notify
• 届け出るとどけでるto report
• 申し出るもうしでるto offer
• 知らすしらすto inform
• 届けるとどけるto report