How to say "report" in Japanese

• 情報じょうほうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe information or news itself; it matches 'report' only when you mean the content conveyed, not a report as a document or the act of reporting — for those, 報告 or レポート is the word.
  この情報じょうほうは正ただしいか。↗

  Is this information right?
• 伝えるつたえるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbA verb meaning to convey or communicate; it covers 'to report' when you pass information on to someone, not a report as a document or written work.
  奥様おくさまによろしくお伝つたえください。↗

  Please say hello to your wife.
• 報告ほうこくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA report in the sense of an account you give of work, progress, or findings, typically to a boss, teacher, or organization; it covers both the act of reporting and the report itself.
  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.
• 報道ほうどうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbNews reporting: reports by newspapers, television, and other media, or the news itself; not the word for a report you write or give at work or school.
  人々ひとびとはこの報道ほうどうを真実しんじつだと思おもっている。↗

  People believe this report to be true.
• レポートJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA report as a written document — a school paper, for instance, or a written account of work — rather than the act of reporting.
  いつレポートを提出ていしゅつするのですか。↗

  When do we hand in the report?

Use 報告 for an account you give at work or school, 「レポート」 for a written report or paper, 報道 for media news coverage, 「伝える」 for the verb 'to report', and 情報 only for the information itself.

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

• 情報じょうほうinformation
• 伝えるつたえるto convey
• 報告ほうこくreport
• 報道ほうどうreport (of news)
• レポートreport
• 記事きじarticle
• 噂うわさrumour
• 通知つうちnotice
• 報ずるほうずるto report
• 申告しんこくreport
• 通報つうほうreport
• 届とどけreport
• 届け出とどけでreport
• 答申とうしんreport
• 特集とくしゅうfeature (e.g. newspaper)
• 報ほうinformation
• 届け出るとどけでるto report
• 報じるほうじるto report
• 申告書しんこくしょreport
• 申し入れもうしいれproposal
• ルポreportage
• 会報かいほうbulletin (issued by a society)
• ルポルタージュreportage
• 申し出るもうしでるto offer
• 風評ふうひょうrumor
• 伝聞でんぶんhearsay
• レポreport
• 調査報告ちょうさほうこくreport (of an investigation)
• 届け出でとどけいでreport
• 申し送りもうしおくりmessage
• 風聞ふうぶんrumour
• 報告書ほうこくしょ(written) report
• 届け書とどけしょ(written) report
• 届けるとどけるto report
• 言いつけるいいつけるto tell (on someone)
• 取り上げるとりあげるto report (news)
• 打ち上げるうちあげるto report (to boss, etc.)