How to say "teach" in Japanese

• 教えるおしえるJLPT N5approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe default word for 'teach': explaining or instructing someone in a fact, subject, or skill. When you are unsure which verb to use, this is the safe choice.
  ジョーンズ先生せんせいが私わたしたちに英会話えいかいわを教おしえてくれます。↗

  Mr Jones teaches us English conversation.
• 仕込むしこむCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers 'teach' when it really means training someone from the ground up, instilling the basics over time. For simply teaching a lesson or fact, 教える is the natural choice.
  この猿さるは、きちんと仕込しこめばいろいろな芸げいができるようになるだろう。↗

  The monkey, trained properly, will be able to do a lot of tricks.
• 伝えるつたえるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbReally means to convey, report, or transmit something; it matches 'teach' only loosely, when you mean passing information or handing something on rather than instructing. Seldom the word you want for teaching itself.
  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.
• 育てるそだてるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbIts core image is bringing someone up and developing them over time, so as 'teach' it fits educating or training a person's abilities, not teaching a single fact.
• 授けるさずけるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers 'teach' as imparting knowledge to someone, with a nuance of granting or bestowing it rather than explaining it; for ordinary teaching, 教える is the word you want.

Use 「教える」 for teaching in general; 「仕込む」 for training someone in the basics, 「育てる」 for educating and developing a person over time, 「授ける」 for imparting knowledge, and 「伝える」 only for passing information on.

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

• 教えるおしえるto teach
• 仕込むしこむto train
• 伝えるつたえるto convey
• 教え導くおしえみちびくto teach (the way)
• 教鞭をとるきょうべんをとるto teach
• 稽古をつけるけいこをつけるto give lessons
• 育てるそだてるto train
• 授けるさずけるto teach
• 教壇に立つきょうだんにたつto teach
• 先公せんこうteacher