Usage patterns 触ふ れを 出だ す to issue a proclamation
The feudal lord issued a proclamation of the new law.
触ふ れが 回まわ る for an announcement to be spread around (a town, village, etc.)
The announcement about the festival was passed around the whole village.
触ふ れを 聞き く to hear an official announcement
The townspeople gathered after hearing the official's proclamation.
Expressions 折お りに 触ふ れて at every opportunity; whenever possible; from time to time Related words 布告 is a more formal, often legal or governmental term for a proclamation, while 触れ can refer to notices from a wider range of authorities, including local ones.
告知 is a neutral word for any public notification (e.g. commercial or medical), whereas 触れ carries a nuance of an authoritative or official edict.
通達 is a modern bureaucratic directive issued within an organization, while 触れ evokes an older-style public proclamation to the populace.
Word family· 16 touch; come into contact; feel against · touch with; put one's hand to · experience; be exposed to; come into contact with; perceive · mention; refer to; touch on · violate; infringe; conflict with · proclaim; make known; spread
contact; interaction; rapport
rash; skin irritation; eruption from an irritant · affected by; influenced by; pseudo- · crazy about; obsessed with; affectedly fond of a culture or language
advance warning; prior notice; prior announcement · harbinger; sign; omen; portent
come into contact; touch each other; interact
Show 11 more Show fewer professing to be; passing oneself off as
develop a rash; get skin irritation · be overly influenced; be swept up by
official notice; public announcement · Edo-period shogunate proclamation
common; ordinary; commonplace; trite
preliminary announcement; advance notice; portent; sign; forewarning
town order (Edo period); official proclamation affecting a whole town
order to go into battle; call to arms · battlefield order; field command
spread around; go around telling; circulate
drumming in the streets to announce a sumo tournament · announcing an event by walking around beating a drum; drum used for such announcements
profess to be; pass oneself off as; advertise oneself as · advertise; announce; make publicly known
expose (someone to something); introduce (someone to something)
Written forms 触ふ れ Usage 52%
Standard spelling for both the proclamation and touch/contact senses.
触ふれ Usage 29%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; the standard spelling is 触れ .
ふれ Usage 20%
布ふ 令れ
Ateji spelling for the proclamation sense; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Etymology The noun 触れ (ふれ ) is derived from the verb 触れる (ふれる , 'to touch, to mention, to proclaim'). The kanji 触 means 'touch' or 'contact', and the okurigana れ indicates the nominalized form. The proclamation sense developed from the idea of 'making something known' or 'bringing something to people's attention'.
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