How to say "transmit" in Japanese

• 伝えるつたえるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers transmitting information, news, or feelings to someone. The general everyday word for passing on a message or communicating something to a listener or reader.
  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.
• 送るおくるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers sending or dispatching something — letters, packages, data — from one place or person to another. Use this when the emphasis is on transmission as an act of sending rather than on what is communicated.
  この手紙てがみを日本にっぽんに送おくってくれませんか。↗

  Could you send this letter to Japan?
• 取り次ぐとりつぐJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers relaying or passing on a message through an intermediary, such as taking a phone call message and conveying it to the intended person. Choose this only when a third party sits between sender and recipient.
• 通すとおすJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers the physical, scientific sense of transmitting — light or sound passing through a medium, electricity being conducted, or water permeating material. For abstract or informational transmission, other words are the natural choice.
  銅どうはよく電気でんきを通とおす。↗

  Copper conducts electricity well.

Use 「伝える」 for conveying information, 「送る」 for sending things, 「取り次ぐ」 for relaying a message through someone, and 「通す」 for physically transmitting light, sound, electricity, or liquids.

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

• 伝えるつたえるto convey
• 送るおくるto send
• 取り次ぐとりつぐto pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.)
• 通すとおすto transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.)
• 打つうつto type