情報|じょうほうjouhou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouninformation; news; report; intelligence
   この情報じょうほうは正ただしいか。↗

   Is this information right?
2. nouninformation (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)
3. nouninformatics (as a subject)

• Synonym知らせしらせNeutralNews or notice passed on from others, with a personal touch; can also mean an omen. 「情報」 leans toward information collected and organized for making judgments.
• SynonymインフォメーションNeutralA loanword used mostly for information desks and guide services, as in a store's 「インフォメーション」; for information in general, 「情報」 remains the usual word.
• Synonym報ほうWrittenRarely stands alone; mostly a suffix in 「速報」 and 「警報」 etc., marking a particular kind of report; when simply saying information, use 「情報」.
• Synonym報知ほうちWrittenA written word for notifying or reporting and the news so conveyed, familiar from 「火災報知器」; for information in general, use 「情報」.
• SynonymデータNeutralData or materials used as a basis for judgment, leaning toward figures and raw records; 「情報」 is content that has been organized and can be conveyed.
• Related消息しょうそくWrittenA written word for the whereabouts or movements of a person or thing, as in 「消息を絶つ」 and 「消息筋」; not used for information in the sense of data or materials.
• Related便りたよりNeutralNews or tidings that come by letter or are passed along, as in 「お便りをください」; leans toward personal correspondence and cannot refer to data-type information.
• Related通信つうしんNeutralPassing information by mail, phone or network; the focus is on the means and lines of communication, as in 「通信障害」, while 「情報」 is about what is conveyed.
• Related報告ほうこくNeutralA report of results or progress made to a superior or those concerned; the act and its content. 「情報」 has no nuance of reporting upward.
• Related通知つうちNeutralNotifying someone of a specific matter, from formal notices to phone push alerts, as in 「合格通知」; it targets a particular item, while 「情報」 covers information generally.
• Related通報つうほうNeutralMostly reporting an emergency to the police, fire services and the like, as in 「警察に通報する」; 「情報」 has no such sense of alerting the authorities.
• Related音信おんしんWrittenA written word for letters and tidings from someone, mostly seen in 「音信不通」; used only for contact between people, not for information in general.
• Related知見ちけんWrittenInsight and knowledge gained through research or observation, common in academic reports; closer to digested, internalized understanding than 「情報」.
• Related案内あんないNeutralClose to 「情報」 for introductions and notices, as in 「入学案内」, stressing guidance and explanation; it also means showing the way, which 「情報」 does not.
• Related伝言でんごんNeutralA verbal message entrusted to someone or left behind, its content meant for a particular person; 「情報」 is not limited by recipient or form.
• Related見聞けんぶんWrittenKnowledge and experience from what one sees and hears firsthand, as in 「見聞を広める」; stresses personal experience, while 「情報」 does not care how it was obtained.
• Related知識ちしきNeutralKnowledge one has mastered, understood and made part of oneself; 「情報」 is messages and materials obtained from outside.
• Related広報こうほうNeutralThe work or department through which agencies and companies release information to the public, as in 「広報部」; 「情報」 does not specifically mean outward publicity.
• Related音沙汰おとさたCasualNews or contact from someone, used almost only in the negative, as in 「何の音沙汰もない」; strongly colloquial.
• Related新報しんぽうWrittenFresh news; today mostly seen in the names of newspapers, as in 「琉球新報」; for new news in daily speech, use 「ニュース」.

For information in general, use 「情報」. Say 「データ」 for data, 「通知」 for notifying someone of something, 「消息」 for the whereabouts or movements of a person or thing, 「便り」 for letters and tidings from someone, and 「報告」 for reporting results or progress.

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

1. ある事柄ことがらに関かんして、他者たしゃに伝達でんたつすること及およびその内容ないよう。
2. インフォメーション。ある事柄ことがらに関かんして、意思決定いしけってい又または価値かち判断はんだんの目的もくてきで収集しゅうしゅうされた命題（データ）めいだいの集合しゅうごう。データの上位じょうい概念がいねんであり、知識ちしきの下位かい概念がいねん。
3. コンピュータを用もちいて行おこなう活動かつどう一般いっぱん。主おもにソフトウェアに関かんするものを言ゆう。情報処理じょうほうしょりの略りゃくに起源きげんがあると思おもわれる。（例れい）情報じょうほう産業さんぎょう
4. 諜報ちょうほうの言い換いいかえ。諜報ちょうほう活動かつどうが公的こうてきな表現ひょうげんとしてははばかられるための言い換いいかえか。（例れい）情報じょうほう機関きかん、情報じょうほう活動かつどう
5. （自然科学しぜんかがく）ある特定とくていのパターンを生起せいきするのに発はっせられる指令しれいや信号しんごう。（例れい）遺伝いでん情報じょうほう
6. 不ふ確実性かくじつせいを含ふくんだものから、不ふ確実性かくじつせいを減殺げんさいすることができる命題めいだい。
7. （学校教育がっこうきょういく）日本にっぽんの高等学校こうとうがっこうにおいて、情報じょうほう技術ぎじゅつの活用かつようの方法ほうほうを教おしえる教科きょうか。