通報|つうほうtsuuhou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbreport; notification; tip; bulletin
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, math, computingmessage (in information and communication theory)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 通報する(つうほうする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 通報します(つうほうします) |
| Negative (nai) | 通報しない(つうほうしない) |
| polite (masen) | 通報しません(つうほうしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 通報せず・通報せぬ(つうほうせず・つうほうせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 通報した(つうほうした) |
| polite (mashita) | 通報しました(つうほうしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 通報しなかった(つうほうしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 通報しませんでした(つうほうしませんでした) |
| Te form | 通報して(つうほうして) |
| Potential | 通報できる(つうほうできる) |
| Passive | 通報される(つうほうされる) |
| Causative | 通報させる(つうほうさせる) |
| Causative passive | 通報させられる(つうほうさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 通報すれば(つうほうすれば) |
| tara | 通報したら(つうほうしたら) |
| Volitional | 通報しよう(つうほうしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 通報しましょう(つうほうしましょう) |
| Imperative | 通報しろ(つうほうしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym報告ほうこくNeutralReports results or progress to anyone, not just superiors; 「通報」 typically means reporting an emergency to the authorities concerned.
- Synonym知らせしらせNeutralA general word for news or notice; 「通報」 is for informing the parties concerned, especially about an emergency.
- Synonym通知つうちNeutralNotifies the people involved of a matter; also smartphone notifications. 「通報」 leans toward reporting emergencies.
- Synonym一報いっぽうWrittenA brief notice or the first word of something. 「通報」 stresses giving the specific details to the parties concerned.
- Synonym報知ほうちWrittenWritten/formal prose for notifying; seen mostly in 「火災報知器」. In everyday speech say 「知らせ」.
- Synonym注進ちゅうしんWrittenAn old-fashioned term for urgently reporting to a superior, or tattling. In daily life say 「報告」.
- Antonym秘匿ひとくWrittenWritten/formal prose for keeping something hidden and unsaid — the opposite of reporting as in 「通報」.
- Antonym隠蔽いんぺいWrittenWritten/formal prose for deliberately covering up unfavorable facts; stands opposite to 「通報」.
Use 「通報」 to report an emergency to the police, fire department and other authorities. For reporting results use 「報告」, for notifying people of something 「通知」, for general news 「知らせ」, and for deliberate cover-ups 「隠蔽」.
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