告知|こくちkokuchi[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbnotice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 告知する（こくちする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 告知します（こくちします） |
| Negative (nai) | 告知しない（こくちしない） |
| polite (masen) | 告知しません（こくちしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 告知せず・告知せぬ（こくちせず・こくちせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 告知した（こくちした） |
| polite (mashita) | 告知しました（こくちしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 告知しなかった（こくちしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 告知しませんでした（こくちしませんでした） |
| Te form | 告知して（こくちして） |
| Potential | 告知できる（こくちできる） |
| Passive | 告知される（こくちされる） |
| Causative | 告知させる（こくちさせる） |
| Causative passive | 告知させられる（こくちさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 告知すれば（こくちすれば） |
| tara | 告知したら（こくちしたら） |
| Volitional | 告知しよう（こくちしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 告知しましょう（こくちしましょう） |
| Imperative | 告知しろ（こくちしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym告示こくじWrittenWritten: official public notices issued by authorities, such as election announcements; 「告知」 is for telling the people concerned or publicizing events.
- Synonym公示こうじWrittenWritten: public bodies making something known to the general public, as in 「地価公示」; 「告知」 is not limited to official use — individuals and companies use it too.
- SynonymアナウンスNeutralNeutral loanword for formally releasing information to many people, usually over a PA system; 「告知」 works in speech or writing and also covers event publicity.
- Synonym通告つうこくWrittenWritten: unilateral notice of a decision, as in 「解雇通告」; 「告知」 sounds milder and is also used for publicity.
- Synonym公表こうひょうFormalFormal: making information or results public, as in 「調査結果を公表」; 「告知」 stresses notifying those who need to know.
- Synonym告げるつげるWrittenWritten verb meaning to tell or announce; 「告知」 is a noun.
- Synonym発表はっぴょうNeutralNeutral: public release, as in 「合格発表」, centering on results or achievements; 「告知」 centers on notifying matters or publicizing events.
- Synonym報じるほうじるNeutralNeutral verb for reporting or conveying news; 「告知」 is a noun.
- SynonymアナウンスメントWrittenWritten loanword for public announcements or statements; in everyday speech 「アナウンス」 is the usual word.
- Related布告ふこくWrittenWritten: proclamations issued by the state, such as a declaration of war; 「告知」 is ordinary notification.
- Related公布こうふFormalFormal: promulgating laws and regulations, e.g. in the official gazette; 「告知」 is general notification.
- Related知らせるしらせるCasualColloquial verb meaning to notify or tell someone; 「告知」 is a noun.
- Related案内あんないNeutralNeutral: guiding someone or giving a friendly notice; 「告知」 is a more formal way of telling.
- Related掲示けいじWrittenWritten: posting notices where people will see them, as on a 「掲示板」; 「告知」 is not limited to posting.
- Relatedお知らせおしらせNeutralNeutral, polite word for a notice or message; 「告知」 is more formal.
- Related報ずるほうずるWrittenWritten verb for reporting or conveying news; 「告知」 is a noun.
- Related広告こうこくNeutralNeutral: advertising for commercial or other promotional purposes; 「告知」 can publicize too but mainly means notifying specific matters or events.
- Related宣言せんげんFormalFormal: an official declaration of opinions or policies to the outside; 「告知」 is notification.
- Related発布はっぷFormalFormal: promulgating a constitution or laws; 「告知」 is general notification.
- Related宣布せんぷWrittenWritten: proclaiming something publicly or spreading it widely; 「告知」 centers on notifying specific matters to the people concerned or the public.
- Related宣するせんするFormalFormal verb meaning to declare or proclaim; 「告知」 is a noun.
- Related布達ふたつFormalFormal: notification issued by superiors to subordinates or offices; 「告知」 is broader in use.
- Antonym秘匿ひとくWrittenWritten: keeping something secret — the opposite of 「告知」.
- Antonym隠蔽いんぺいWrittenWritten: covering something up — the opposite of 「告知」.
Use 「告知」 for notifying the people concerned or the public and for publicizing events, as in 「癌の告知」 or 「イベント告知」. For official public notices choose 「告示」, for promulgating laws 「公布」, and for everyday notices 「お知らせ」. The opposites are 「秘匿」 and 「隠蔽」.
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