情報・メディア

事件じけんの報道ほうどうが連日れんじつ続つづいている。

Coverage of the case has gone on day after day.

Usage 報道 = news reporting as an institution: 報道機関 (news organisations), 報道の自由 (freedom of the press), 報道陣 (the press pack).

Remember it 報 (to report) + 道 (the way) → the road along which news reaches the public.

新聞しんぶんの記事きじを切きり抜ぬいて保存ほぞんした。

I cut out the newspaper article and kept it.

Usage 記事 = an article or news item: 新聞記事, 記事を書く. An academic paper is a 論文.

Remember it 記 (to write down) + 事 (an event) → the written record of an event.

今月こんげつ号ごうは京都きょうとの特集とくしゅうだ。

This month's issue carries a special feature on Kyoto.

Usage 特集 = a special feature in a magazine or programme: 特集を組む, 特集記事.

Remember it 特 (special) + 集 (to gather) → material gathered specially around one subject.

この漫画まんがは十年じゅうねん以上いじょう連載れんさいされている。

This manga has been serialised for over ten years.

Usage 連載 = running a series in instalments: 連載小説, 連載中, 連載が終わる.

Remember it 連 (in a row) + 載 (to carry) → carried in the paper issue after issue.

写真しゃしんをSNSに投稿とうこうした。

I posted a photo on social media.

Usage 投稿 covers posting online and submitting to a magazine: 投稿する, 投稿者, 投稿動画.

Remember it 投 (to throw) + 稿 (a manuscript) → throwing your writing out into the world.

そのライブは世界せかい中じゅうに配信はいしんされた。

The concert was streamed worldwide.

Usage 配信 = distributing content online: ライブ配信, 動画配信, メール配信. Over the airwaves it is 放送.

Remember it 配 (to distribute) + 信 (a signal) → sending the signal out to everyone at once.

試合しあいは生なま中継ちゅうけいされる。

The match will be shown live.

Usage 中継 = a relay broadcast from the scene: 生中継 (live), 現地から中継する. Also a relay station: 中継局.

Remember it 中 (middle) + 継 (to relay) → the middle link that carries the scene to your screen.

そのニュースは全国ぜんこくで放送ほうそうされた。

That news was broadcast nationwide.

Usage 放送される = to be broadcast, usually in the passive. 放送局 = a broadcaster; 生放送 = live on air.

Remember it 放 (to release) + 送 (to send) → released and sent out.

この動画どうがは無料むりょうで視聴しちょうできる。

This video can be watched free of charge.

Usage 視聴 = watching and listening, the formal word: 視聴者 (viewers), 視聴する. In speech you simply say 見る.

Remember it 視 (to look) + 聴 (to listen) → both senses at once, which is exactly what a screen asks of you.

この番組ばんぐみは視聴率しちょうりつが高たかい。

This programme gets high ratings.

Usage 視聴率 = TV audience ratings in per cent: 視聴率を取る. Online, the equivalent is 再生回数 (view count).

Remember it 視聴 (viewing) + 率 (rate) → the rate at which the country was watching.

新聞しんぶんを三年さんねん購読こうどくしている。

I've subscribed to the newspaper for three years.

Usage 購読 = a paid subscription to something you read: 定期購読, 購読料. Buying outright is 購入.

Remember it 購 (to purchase) + 読 (to read) → buying the right to keep reading.

記者きしゃが現場げんばで取材しゅざいしている。

A reporter is covering the story on site.

Usage 取材 = gathering material for a story: 取材を受ける (to be interviewed), 取材班 (a news crew), 取材源.

Remember it 取 (to take) + 材 (material) → going out to take the raw material of the story.

記者きしゃ会見かいけんが夜よるに開ひらかれた。

The press conference was held that evening.

Usage 記者 = a reporter: 新聞記者, 記者会見 (press conference), 記者クラブ.

Remember it 記 (to write down) + 者 (person) → the person whose job is to write it down.

動画どうがの編集へんしゅうに三日みっかかかった。

Editing the video took three days.

Usage 編集 = editing text, film or audio: 編集者 (editor), 編集部 (editorial department), 編集する.

Remember it 編 (to weave) + 集 (to gather) → gathering the pieces, then weaving them together.

彼女かのじょは小説しょうせつを書かいて出版しゅっぱんした。

She wrote a novel and published it.

Usage 出版社 = a publisher, 出版する = to publish, 自費出版 = self-publishing.

Remember it 出 (to put out) + 版 (a printing block, an edition) → putting out an edition.

この雑誌ざっしは月つきに一度いちど発行はっこうされる。

This magazine comes out once a month.

Usage 発行 = issuing something official or periodical: 発行部数 (circulation), パスポートを発行する, 領収書の発行.

Remember it 発 (to send out) + 行 (to go) → sending it out into circulation.

資料しりょうを印刷いんさつしてから会議かいぎに持もってきてください。

Please print the documents and bring them to the meeting.

Usage 印刷する = to print; プリントする is the casual version. 資料 (materials) is a word heard in every Japanese office.

Remember it 印 (a seal) + 刷 (to brush) → printing began as stamping and brushing.

この本ほんの発行はっこう部数ぶすうは十万部じゅうまんぶだ。

This book has a print run of a hundred thousand copies.

Usage 部数 = the number of copies: 発行部数, 部数が伸びる. 部 is the counter for copies of printed matter.

Remember it 部 (the copy counter) + 数 (number) → simply how many copies there are.

匿名とくめいで意見いけんを送おくることができる。

You can send your comments anonymously.

Usage 匿名 = anonymous: 匿名希望 (wishing to stay anonymous), 匿名掲示板. Its opposite is 実名.

Remember it 匿 (to hide) + 名 (name) → the name is tucked out of sight.

彼かれは実名じつめいで記事きじを書かいている。

He writes his articles under his real name.

Usage 実名 = one's real name, as against 匿名, a 偽名 (false name) or a ペンネーム.

Remember it 実 (real) + 名 (name) → the real one, not the handle.

不用意ふよういな発言はつげんがネットで炎上えんじょうした。

A careless remark blew up online.

Usage 炎上 once meant a building going up in flames; online it means being swamped with angry replies: 炎上する, 炎上商法.

Remember it 炎 (flame) + 上 (to rise) → the comments section catching fire.

あの記事きじは誤報ごほうだったと分わかった。

That article turned out to be a false report.

Usage 誤報 = a mistaken news report: 誤報を流す. What follows it is a 訂正.

Remember it 誤 (mistaken) + 報 (report) → the report itself was wrong.

記事きじの一部いちぶを訂正ていせいします。

We are correcting part of the article.

Usage 訂正 = correcting something already published or said: 訂正記事, 訂正して謝罪する. Revising a draft is 修正.

Remember it 訂 (to correct) + 正 (right) → putting right what went out wrong.

戦争せんそう中ちゅう、手紙てがみは検閲けんえつされた。

During the war, letters were censored.

Usage 検閲 = official censorship: 検閲を受ける, 検閲制度. A heavy word, used of states rather than editors.

Remember it 検 (to inspect) + 閲 (to read through) → someone else reading it before you may.

記者きしゃは情報源じょうほうげんを明あかさなかった。

The reporter would not reveal the source.

Usage 情報源 = a source of information: 情報源を守る, 情報源を明かす.

Remember it 情報 (information) + 源 (a spring) → where the information wells up from.

会社かいしゃの機密きみつを漏もらしてはいけない。

You must not leak company secrets.

Usage 機密 = classified or confidential information: 機密文書, 機密情報, 機密保持契約 (an NDA). A personal secret is a 秘密.

Remember it 機 (the crucial mechanism) + 密 (tightly closed) → the workings kept sealed.

映画えいがは来月らいげつ公開こうかいされる。

The film comes out next month.

Usage 公開 = making public: 映画の公開, 情報公開 (disclosure), 一般公開. Its opposite is 非公開.

Remember it 公 (public) + 開 (to open) → opening it to the public.

会議かいぎは非公開ひこうかいで行おこなわれた。

The meeting was held behind closed doors.

Usage 非公開 = not open to the public: 非公開情報, アカウントを非公開にする (to make an account private).

Remember it 非 (not) + 公開 (open) → the doors stay shut.

その写真しゃしんは雑誌ざっしに掲載けいさいされた。

The photo appeared in the magazine.

Usage 掲載 = carrying an item in a publication or on a site: 掲載する, 掲載料, 掲載許可. From 掲げる (to put up).

Remember it 掲 (to display) + 載 (to carry) → the page carries it where everyone can see.

無断むだん転載てんさいは禁止きんしされている。

Reproduction without permission is prohibited.

Usage 転載 = reprinting someone else's material elsewhere. 無断転載禁止 appears on nearly every Japanese website.

Remember it 転 (to move across) + 載 (to carry) → carrying it over onto someone else's page.

他人たにんの作品さくひんを無断むだんで使つかうと著作権ちょさくけん侵害しんがいになる。

Using someone else's work without permission is copyright infringement.

Usage 権 marks a right: 著作権, 人権 (human rights), 権利. 無断で = without permission; 侵害 = infringement.

Remember it 著作 (an authored work) + 権 (a right) → the right over what you wrote.

許可きょかなく顔かおを撮とると肖像権しょうぞうけんの問題もんだいになる。

Photographing someone's face without permission raises image-rights issues.

Usage 肖像権 = the right to control images of yourself. It is taken seriously in Japan, which is why faces get blurred on TV.

Remember it 肖像 (a portrait) + 権 (a right) → your face belongs to you.

個人情報こじんじょうほうの取とり扱あつかいには注意ちゅういが必要ひつようだ。

Personal data has to be handled with care.

Usage 個人情報 = personal data as the law defines it: 個人情報保護法, 個人情報の流出 (a data leak).

Remember it 個人 (an individual) + 情報 (information) → the information that points to one person.

アプリの通知つうちを切きっておいた。

I turned the app's notifications off.

Usage 通知 = a notification, official or digital: 通知が届く, 合格通知 (a letter of acceptance), 通知表 (a school report).

Remember it 通 (to pass through) + 知 (to know) → passing the knowledge through to you.

市しの広報こうほう誌しに記事きじが載のった。

An article appeared in the city's public information magazine.

Usage 広報 = public relations and public information: 広報部 (the PR department), 広報活動. Advertising to sell is 宣伝.

Remember it 広 (wide) + 報 (to report) → reporting widely, on your own behalf.

世論調査よろんちょうさによると支持率しじりつが下さがった。

According to the opinion poll, approval has fallen.

Usage 世論調査 = an opinion poll: 世論調査を行う. 世論 is read よろん (and せろん); 支持率 is the approval rating.

Remember it 世論 (public opinion) + 調査 (survey) → surveying what the public thinks.

地震じしんの速報そくほうがテレビに流ながれた。

A breaking-news flash about the earthquake came on TV.

Usage 速報 = breaking news: ニュース速報, 選挙速報. 緊急地震速報 is Japan's earthquake early warning.

Remember it 速 (fast) + 報 (report) → the report that cannot wait for the bulletin.

駅前えきまえで号外ごうがいが配くばられていた。

Extra editions were being handed out in front of the station.

Usage 号外 = a special edition printed for enormous news and given away in the street: 号外が出る.

Remember it 号 (an issue) + 外 (outside) → an issue printed outside the normal run.

地方ちほうから情報じょうほうを発信はっしんする。

We send information out from the regions.

Usage 発信 = sending out a signal, a message or ideas: 情報発信, 発信者. Its pair is 受信.

Remember it 発 (to send out) + 信 (a message) → the message going out; 受信 is it coming in.

メールを受信じゅしんできない。

I can't receive email.

Usage 受信 = receiving a signal or message: 受信箱 (inbox), 受信料 (the NHK licence fee). Its pair is 発信.

Remember it 受 (to receive) + 信 (a message) → the message arriving at your end.