報ほう知ち

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報知する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	報ほう知ちする	報ほう知ちしない
Polite	報ほう知ちします	報ほう知ちしません
Past polite	報ほう知ちしました	報ほう知ちしませんでした
Past	報ほう知ちした	報ほう知ちしなかった
Te-form	報ほう知ちして	報ほう知ちしないで
Desire	報ほう知ちしたい	報ほう知ちしたくない
Potential	報ほう知ちできる	報ほう知ちできない
Passive	報ほう知ちされる	報ほう知ちされない
Causative	報ほう知ちさせる	報ほう知ちさせない
Causative passive	報ほう知ちさせられる	報ほう知ちさせられない
Volitional	報ほう知ちしよう
Polite volitional	報ほう知ちしましょう
Imperative	報ほう知ちしろ	報ほう知ちするな
Conditional	報ほう知ちすれば	報ほう知ちしなければ
Tara conditional	報ほう知ちしたら	報ほう知ちしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

notification; information; news or intelligence

A Sino-Japanese noun meaning the act or result of informing someone, or information/news received. As 報知する it means to report, notify, or alert; it is somewhat formal and especially common in technical or official contexts.

この装そう置ちは異い常じょうを自じ動どうで報ほう知ちする。
This device automatically reports abnormalities.
火か災さい報ほう知ち器きが突とつ然ぜん鳴なり出だした。
The fire alarm suddenly started ringing.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を〈人ひと〉に報ほう知ちするto notify someone of something
警けい備び員いんは火か災さいを全ぜん員いんに報ほう知ちした。
The security guard notified everyone of the fire.
〈事こと〉の報ほう知ちを受うけるto receive notification of something
火か災さいの報ほう知ちを受うけて避ひ難なんした。
They evacuated upon receiving notification of the fire.

Kanji

報report, news, reward
知know, wisdom

Related words

知しらせN3
知らせ is the everyday, native-Japanese word for news or a notice, while 報知 is a more formal, often technical term for the act of informing.
通つう知ちN3
通知 is the common word for notifications or notices sent to a person or device, whereas 報知 is broader and more formal, often used in technical contexts like fire alarms.
通つう報ほうN1
通報 usually means reporting something to police or an emergency service, while 報知 is a more general and formal term for conveying information.

Don't confuse with

報ほう告こくN3
報告 means a factual report or account of results, while 報知 is about alerting or informing someone of something, often urgently (e.g. a fire).

Word family

火か災さい報ほう知ち器き
fire alarm
報ほう知ち機き
alarm; warning device
報ほう知ち抄しょう録ろく
informative abstract
自じ動どう火か災さい報ほう知ち設せつ備び
automatic fire alarm system
踏ふみ切きり支し障しょう報ほう知ち装そう置ち
railway crossing emergency button

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 報, associated with reporting or informing, and 知, associated with knowing or making known. This is a useful component explanation rather than a precise historical derivation.