知らせ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
知
し Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

報せ
(honorific) お知らせ, 御知らせ, お報せ, 御報せ

Etymology

Literally "letting [someone] know." The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 知(し)らせる (shiraseru, “to inform, to let someone know”), itself the causative form of verb 知る (shiru, “to know”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しらせ [shìrásé] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠se̞]

Noun

知(し)らせ • (shirase)

notice, notification, news

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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