English–Japanese

“news” in Japanese

Japanese

Also便り (tayori) · 報道 (hōdō) · 知らせ (shirase) · 報 (hō)

Pronunciation

Romajinyūsu

Example

毎晩ニュースを見ます。mai ban nyū su o mi ma su

I watch the news every night.

Illustration for ニュース (news)

How to say “news” in Japanese

“News” in Japanese is ニュース (nyūsu).

Covers fresh reports about events in the world and can also refer to the program that delivers them.

Full entry for ニュース: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with ニュース

テレビでニュースを見ます。te re bi de nyū su o mi ma su

I watch the news on TV.

朝はニュースを確認します。asa wa nyū su o kaku nin shi ma su

I check the news in the morning.

Tips for using ニュース

  • English speakers usually say the news for a news program, while news report means one particular report.

Other Japanese words for “news”

遠くの友から便りがありました。tō ku no tomo ka ra tayo ri ga a ri ma shi ta

I heard from a friend far away.

テレビの報道で知りました。te re bi no hō dō de shi ri ma shi ta

I learned about it from the news on TV.

母からうれしい知らせが来ました。haha ka ra u re shi i shi ra se ga ki ma shi ta

I got good news from my mother.

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報

hō

nounnews

彼から無事だという報が入りました。kare ka ra bu ji da to i u hō ga hai ri ma shi ta

We received news from him that he was safe.

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