報知|ほうちhouchi[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinformation; news; intelligence
Conjugation
Dictionary form報知する(ほうちする)
Polite (masu)報知します(ほうちします)
Negative (nai)報知しない(ほうちしない)
polite (masen)報知しません(ほうちしません)
classical zu / nu報知せず・報知せぬ(ほうちせず・ほうちせぬ)
Past (ta)報知した(ほうちした)
polite (mashita)報知しました(ほうちしました)
Past negative (nakatta)報知しなかった(ほうちしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)報知しませんでした(ほうちしませんでした)
Te form報知して(ほうちして)
Potential報知できる(ほうちできる)
Passive報知される(ほうちされる)
Causative報知させる(ほうちさせる)
Causative passive報知させられる(ほうちさせられる)
Conditional (ba)報知すれば(ほうちすれば)
tara報知したら(ほうちしたら)
Volitional報知しよう(ほうちしよう)
polite (mashou)報知しましょう(ほうちしましょう)
Imperative報知しろ(ほうちしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymニュースNeutralLoanword for news; the most common everyday word, centered on recent events. 「報知」 is written/formal prose, mostly in alarm-device names.
  • SynonymインフォメーションNeutralLoanword for information, also an info counter at a station or mall. 「報知」 is written/formal prose, seen mainly in alarm-device names.
  • Synonym知らせしらせNeutralA notice or piece of news; can also mean an omen, as in 「虫の知らせ」.
  • Synonym情報じょうほうNeutralInformation or intelligence; the word with the widest range of uses, without the written/formal flavor of 「報知」.
  • Synonym消息しょうそくWrittenWritten/formal prose for news from a person, their whereabouts or movements. 「報知」 stresses telling the news to others.
  • Synonym便りたよりNeutralNews or tidings, often letters; carries a correspondence feel, unlike the written/formal 「報知」.
  • Synonym報ほうWrittenNews, mostly as a suffix in words like 「訃報」 and 「速報」. Noun only — unlike 「報知」, it cannot take 「する」 as a verb.
  • Synonym通知つうちNeutralA formal notice, typically a document; centers on paperwork, whereas 「報知」 is the written/formal word.
  • Synonym通報つうほうNeutralA report to the authorities, e.g. tipping off the police; stresses urgency, unlike the written/formal 「報知」.
  • Synonym報道ほうどうNeutralMedia news reporting; stresses dissemination to the public, unlike the written/formal 「報知」.
  • Related伝言でんごんNeutralA verbal message or note left for someone; stresses relaying it, not the written/formal tone of 「報知」.
  • Related報告ほうこくNeutralA report of results or progress; stresses passing information up the line, not the written/formal tone of 「報知」.

「報知」 is for notifying or informing someone; it is written/formal prose and mostly appears in compounds like 「火災報知器」 and 「報知機」. In everyday speech say 「知らせ」 or 「ニュース」; use 「通報」 to report to the police, 「報道」 for media coverage, and 「報告」 for reporting results.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 知しらせること。また、その知しらせ。
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