知しらせ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

General term for information or news that is communicated, often used in announcements or personal updates. The polite form お知らせ is very common.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に知しらせが届とどくnews/notice reaches someone
昨日きのう、彼かの女じょから結けっ婚こんの知しらせが届とどいた。
Yesterday, news of her marriage reached me.
何なにかの知しらせのような気きがするto feel like it's some kind of omen
夢ゆめに亡なくなった祖そ父ふが出でてきて、何なにかの知しらせのような気きがした。
My deceased grandfather appeared in my dream, and it felt like some kind of omen.
いい知しらせ／悪わるい知しらせgood news / bad news
いい知しらせと悪わるい知しらせがあります。
I have some good news and some bad news.
知しらせを受うけるto receive news/notification
父ちちが入にゅう院いんしたという知しらせを受うけた。
I received news that my father had been hospitalized.
〈人ひと〉に知しらせを送おくるto send notice/news to someone
会かい社しゃは全ぜん社しゃ員いんに知しらせを送おくった。
The company sent a notice to all employees.

Expressions

虫むしの知しらせgut feeling; premonition; feeling in one's bones

Kanji

知know, wisdom
報report, news, reward

Related words· 11

予よ感かんN1sense 2
予感 focuses on an internal hunch or feeling, while 知らせ (in the omen sense) often implies an external sign pointing to something.
通つう知ちN3sense 1
通知 is a formal, often official notification (e.g. from a company or government), while 知らせ can be casual personal news as well.
前ぜん兆ちょう sense 2
前兆 is a more formal, literary term for an omen or portent, while 知らせ in this sense is used more casually, often of personal premonitions.
連れん絡らくN4sense 1
連絡 emphasizes the act of contacting or getting in touch, whereas 知らせ refers to the news or information itself.

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情じょう報ほうN3sense 1
情報 is broader, general information or data, while 知らせ usually refers to a specific piece of news or notice.
ニュースN5sense 1
ニュース typically refers to media-reported current events, while 知らせ is more personal or individually communicated news.
沙さ汰た
知らせ is the common, neutral word for news or a notice, while 沙汰 in this sense is more formal and often appears in set phrases like 何の沙汰もない (no word at all).
報ほう
知らせ is a general, everyday word for news or notice, while 報 is a formal term used mainly in compounds and written contexts.
報ほう知ち
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.
便たよりN3
知らせ is any notification or news, spoken or written, whereas 便り specifically suggests a letter or written word from someone.
悲ひ報ほう
知らせ is a neutral, everyday word for news or a notice of any kind, whereas 悲報 specifically implies the news is sad or tragic.

Politeness

お知しらせpolite 丁寧語sense 1
お知らせ is the polite/formal version of 知らせ, commonly used in official announcements or when addressing others respectfully.

Word family

お知しらせ
notice; notification
知しらせるN4
notify; inform; let know
前まえ知じらせ
advance notice; omen; premonition

Written forms

知しらせUsage89%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
報しらせUsage7%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 知らせ is strongly preferred.
しらせUsage3%
シラセUsage<1%

Etymology

Derived from the verb 知らせる (to inform, to let know), which is the causative form of 知る (to know). The noun form 知らせ refers to the information or sign that is conveyed.