How to say "relay" in Japanese

• 中継ちゅうけいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe technical sense: relaying a broadcast, signal, or transmission through an intermediate point, as in live television coverage; it is not the word for passing a message from one person to another.
• リレーCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe loanword: the relay race in which team members each run a stage, and by extension the passing of something from one person to the next in turn.
  リレー用ようのバトンが１本ぽん足たりないんです。↗

  We're one baton short for the relay.
• 伝達でんたつJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe conveying or communication of information — news, instructions, a message — from one party to another; use it for 'relay' in the sense of passing on what one has heard or been told.
  意思いし伝達でんたつは色々いろいろな形かたちをとる。↗

  Communication takes many forms.
• 取り次ぐとりつぐJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbA verb for acting as the go-between who passes a message on: taking what someone says or asks and conveying it to the person concerned, as when relaying a phone message.

Use 中継 for relaying broadcasts or signals, 「リレー」 for the relay race and similar passing-on in turn, 伝達 for conveying information such as news or instructions, and 「取り次ぐ」 for passing on a message as an intermediary.

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

• 中継ちゅうけいrelay
• リレーrelay
• 伝達でんたつtransmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity)
• 取り次ぐとりつぐto pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.)
• 逓伝ていでんrelay
• 継ぎ立てつぎたてrelay
• 中継装置ちゅうけいそうちrelay
• 中継器ちゅうけいきrepeater
• 継電器けいでんき(electric) relay
• 継電気けいでんき(electrical) relay
• 通すとおすto relay (a message, an order, etc.)