消息|しょうそくshousoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounnews (from someone); letter; contact
   それ以来いらい、彼かれの消息しょうそくを聞きいていない。↗

   He has not been heard of since.
2. noun(someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements

• Synonym知らせしらせNeutralA notice or piece of news, as in 「いい知らせ」; it stresses the content of what is told, while 「消息」 stresses a person's well-being and whereabouts.
• Synonym便りたよりNeutralNews in the form of letters or word from someone, as in 「お便りをください」; it centers on written correspondence.
• Synonym音信おんしんWrittenWritten/formal prose for correspondence or word from someone, as in 「音信が途絶える」; 「消息」 stresses a person's current state and whereabouts.
• Synonym沙汰さたWrittenWritten/formal prose for news or an affair, used mostly in 「音沙汰」 and 「裁判沙汰」.
• Synonym報ほうWrittenWritten/formal prose for news, used mostly as a suffix in 「速報」 and 「訃報」.
• Synonym報知ほうちWrittenWritten/formal prose for reporting news; rare today, seen mostly in newspaper names.
• Synonym音沙汰おとさたNeutralColloquial word for news from someone, used mostly in the negative 「音沙汰がない」; it centers on hearing nothing at all.
• Related通信つうしんNeutralCommunication in general — letters or telecom transmission both fit, as in 「通信手段」; 「消息」 stresses a person's current state and whereabouts.
• Related報告ほうこくNeutralA report, as in 「調査報告」; it leans toward formally reporting results or progress.
• Related案内あんないNeutralGuidance or notice, as in 「ご案内」; it leans toward informing someone of arrangements.
• Related通知つうちNeutralA notice, as in 「合格通知」; it leans toward official notification of a decision.
• Related通報つうほうNeutralReporting to the police or the authorities, especially in an emergency, as in 「110番通報」; 「消息」 stresses a person's current state and whereabouts.
• Related伝言でんごんNeutralA verbal message, as in 「伝言を頼む」; it centers on having someone pass a message along.
• Related一報いっぽうWrittenWritten/formal prose for a brief notice or first report, as in 「一報を入れる」; 「消息」 stresses a person's current state and whereabouts.
• RelatedニュースNeutralLoanword for news, as in 「ニュース番組」; it leans toward public reporting of events.
• Related情報じょうほうNeutralInformation or intelligence of any kind, as in 「情報収集」; the widest in scope of this group, far beyond news of a person.

Use 「消息」 for news of a person's well-being or whereabouts, as in 「消息を絶つ」 and 「消息不明」. For general news pick 「知らせ」, for a letter or word from someone 「便り」, for hearing nothing at all 「音沙汰がない」, and for broadcast news 「ニュース」. 「情報」 is the broadest term; the rest cover reports, notices and passed-on messages.

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1. 人ひとや物事ものごとの事情じじょう・動静どうせい。また、それを伝つたえるもの。