報じる|ほうじるhoujiru[0]heiban (flat)

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto report; to inform
   その俳優はいゆうの死しは各紙かくしで大おお見出みだしで報ほうじられた。↗

   The actor's death made big headlines in all the papers.
2. ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto repay; to return; to requite

• Synonym報ずるほうずるWrittenA written, literary variant of the headword with the same senses; 「報じる」 is more common today and leans toward news reporting.
• Synonym告げるつげるWrittenWritten prose. It tells or announces, as in 「別れを告げる」, and can cover media conveying news, but has none of the headword's repay/requite sense.
• SynonymレポートNeutralA loanword for a report, paper or on-the-spot account like 「現地レポート」; the headword centers on media reporting the news.
• Synonym報道ほうどうNeutralA noun for news reporting, as in 「報道機関」; it is media-oriented, where the headword is a verb.
• Synonym告知こくちNeutralNotification or announcement, as in 「告知事項」; it leans toward formally conveying information.
• Synonym知らせるしらせるNeutralAn everyday verb for notifying or letting someone know; common in speech, and it carries no sense of repaying.
• Synonym伝えるつたえるNeutralConveys or relays a message, as in 「よろしく伝える」; the nuance is passing something along rather than reporting news.
• Related放送ほうそうNeutralBroadcasting on TV or radio; the emphasis falls on the means of transmission rather than the content reported.
• Related宣伝せんでんNeutralPublicity or advertising; the emphasis is on promoting and selling something.
• Related告示こくじFormalFormal: an official government notice or public announcement.
• Related通告つうこくFormalFormal: to give notice of a decision or demand, in writing or by word of mouth; leans toward formal notification.
• Related流布るふWrittenWritten prose for something circulating or spreading abroad; it leans toward the spread of rumors.
• Related広めるひろめるNeutralTo spread or popularize something; the emphasis is on widening its reach or influence.
• Related喧伝けんでんWrittenWritten prose for trumpeting something far and wide, as in 「世間に喧伝される」; it stresses wide dissemination.
• Related言いふらすいいふらすCasualColloquial: to spread something around, usually with a negative tinge; typically used of rumors.
• Related言い散らすいいちらすCasualColloquial: to spread talk casually as one goes; only a handful of examples in use.
• Related触れ回るふれまわるCasualTo go around telling people news or rumors, sometimes with a boastful air; few examples in use.
• Related言い広めるいいひろめるNeutralTo spread or trumpet word of something; few examples in use, and it leans toward promoting one's own claims.
• Related告達こくたつFormalFormal: formal notification of something; rarely seen in modern Japanese.
• Related宣布せんぷFormalFormal: to proclaim or promulgate something officially; little used today.
• Antonym隠すかくすNeutralTo hide or conceal — the opposite of the headword's sense of reporting something publicly.
• Antonym秘めるひめるWrittenWritten prose: to keep something hidden in one's heart — the opposite of making it public, as the headword does.

Use 「報じる」 for media reporting news or repaying kindness, as in 「新聞が報じる」 and 「恩に報じる」. For the noun say 「報道」; to simply notify someone, 「知らせる」; for publicity, 「宣伝」; the opposite is 「隠す」. 「報ずる」 is the written variant; 「告げる」 announces but never repays; 「レポート」 covers reports and papers; 「放送」 is broadcasting; 「伝える」 relays messages; 「告示」 and 「通告」 are formal notices; 「言いふらす」 spreads rumors; 「広める」 popularizes.

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

1. むくいる。（仇あだに対たいして）しかえしする。
2. しらせる。報道ほうどうする。