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報じる (ほうじる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 報じる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 報ほう じる 報ほう じない Polite 報ほう じます 報ほう じません Past polite 報ほう じました 報ほう じませんでした Past 報ほう じた 報ほう じなかった Te-form 報ほう じて 報ほう じないで Desire 報ほう じたい 報ほう じたくない Potential 報ほう じられる also 報ほう じれる 報ほう じられない also 報ほう じれない Passive 報ほう じられる 報ほう じられない Causative 報ほう じさせる 報ほう じさせない Causative passive 報ほう じさせられる 報ほう じさせられない Volitional 報ほう じよう Polite volitional 報ほう じましょう Imperative 報ほう じろ 報ほう じるな Conditional 報ほう じれば 報ほう じなければ Tara conditional 報ほう じたら 報ほう じなかったら
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事じ
件けん
を
大おお
きく
報ほう
じ
た
。
The newspaper reported the incident prominently.
The TV is reporting the prime minister's resignation.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 と 報ほう じる to report that ~
The TV reported that there had been an accident.
〈 事こと 〉 と 報ほう じられる to be reported that ~ (passive)
It was reported that the Prime Minister would resign.
〈 事こと 〉 を 大おお きく 報ほう じる to give something prominent media coverage
The newspaper gave the incident prominent coverage.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 から 報ほう じる to report from a place
The reporter filed his report from the scene.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 恩おん に 報ほう じる to repay someone's kindness
He became a teacher to repay his mentor's kindness.
Transitive / intransitive 報じる is used both transitively and intransitively: transitively with を for reporting information, as in 彼はニュースを報じた (He reported the news), and intransitively with に for repaying a favor, as in 彼は恩に報じた (He repaid the favor).
Related words 報ずる is a more formal, literary variant of 報じる; 報じる is the everyday spoken and written form used in modern Japanese.
知らせる is a plain, everyday word for letting someone know something, while 報じる is more formal and typically used for news or official announcements.
伝える is a general word for conveying information to someone, whereas 報じる specifically implies public reporting, often by media.
返す is used for returning something physical or literal, while 報じる in its repayment sense refers to abstractly repaying a favor or kindness.
報じる specifically means to report news, whereas 取り上げる in media contexts emphasizes giving coverage or featuring a topic, not necessarily breaking new information.
Don't confuse with 報じる shares the kanji 報 with 報われる but means 'to report (news)', a completely different meaning from 報われる's 'to be rewarded'.
報いる (to repay/retaliate) and 報じる (to report, announce) share the kanji 報 and a similar sound, but have unrelated meanings.
Etymology Derived from the kanji 報 (report, recompense) with the verb suffix じる. The reading ほうじる is a regular on'yomi-based verb form.
