知らせ・報せ|しらせshirase[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounnews; word; tidings; notice; notification; information
   その悪わるい知しらせは残念ざんねんながら本当ほんとうだ。↗

   The bad news is unfortunately true.

   そのしらせでとてもうれしい。↗

   I am very pleased at the news.
2. nounomen; foreboding; premonition

• Synonym便りたよりNeutralNews or letters from family and friends far away, carrying a warm, personal feel; 「知らせ」 is about notifying someone of something.
• Synonymお知らせおしらせNeutralThe polite form, mostly seen in public announcements and notice headings; 「知らせ」 can also be private news or an omen.
• Synonym音信おんしんWrittenWritten/formal prose for correspondence and word from someone, as in 「音信不通」.
• SynonymインフォメーションNeutralA loanword for information or an information desk, common at service counters; 「知らせ」 is a notice.
• SynonymニュースNeutralA loanword for news, also new information in general; 「知らせ」 is more often a private or specific notice.
• Synonym一報いっぽうNeutralA brief word letting someone know, as in 「ご一報ください」; also an initial report, with a business flavor.
• Synonym消息しょうそくNeutralSomeone's movements or whereabouts, as in 「消息不明」; 「知らせ」 is the content of what is told.
• Synonym情報じょうほうNeutralInformation in the sense of data or material; 「知らせ」 centers on the specific thing someone is told.
• Synonym通知つうちNeutralA formal notification, as in 「合格通知」, also smartphone push alerts; more formal than 「知らせ」.
• Synonym通報つうほうNeutralReporting something to the police or authorities, as in 「警察に通報する」; alerting them is the point.
• Synonym報知ほうちWrittenRare, written/formal, for relaying news; seen mostly in newspaper names and 「火災報知器」.
• Synonym音沙汰おとさたNeutralWord from someone, most often in the negative 「音沙汰がない」; it centers on whether any contact has come at all.
• Related報ほうWrittenWritten/formal, usually a suffix as in 「訃報」 or 「速報」; it names news that has been reported.
• Related通信つうしんNeutralCorrespondence and communication channels, focusing on the means of transmission; 「知らせ」 is the content conveyed.
• Related報告ほうこくNeutralA report on work or results, typically given upward to a superior; 「知らせ」 is more general.
• Related報道ほうどうNeutralNews reporting by the media, focused on public dissemination; 「知らせ」 can come from a person or an organization.
• Related伝言でんごんNeutralA message passed on through another person or left as a note; 「知らせ」 is not tied to how it is passed.

Use 「知らせ」 for news of something happening or an omen. For public announcements say 「お知らせ」; for word from family or friends far away, 「便り」; for formal notification, 「通知」; for alerting the police, 「通報」; for news, 「ニュース」. 「音沙汰」 is about whether contact has come, 「音信」 its written counterpart, 「一報」 a brief word, 「消息」 someone's whereabouts, 「情報」 data or material, 「通信」 the channel, 「報告」 reporting upward, 「報道」 media coverage, 「伝言」 a message passed on, and 「報」 and 「報知」 are written/formal, the latter rare.

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

1. 知しらせること。報告ほうこく。通知つうち。
2. 何なんかが起おこるような感覚かんかく。兆きざし。前兆ぜんちょう。
3. 演劇えんげきで、幕まくを開あける合図あいずに打うつ拍子ひょうし木き。