音読み: コク
訓読み: つげる
画数: 7
部首: 口（くち）
Meaning
Announce / Inform / Report / Tell
- Basic forms
- 告げる — to tell; to inform; to announce / base form
- 告げます — tells; informs / masu form
- 告げた — told; informed / ta form
- 告げて — tell and … / te-form
- 告げない — do not tell / negative
- 告げれば — if (someone) tells / conditional
- Common uses
- 真実を告げる — to tell the truth
- 結果を告げる — to announce the result
- More
- 突然告げられた — was told suddenly
告げる（つげる） is an ichidan verb. It is often used for **formal, serious, or important information** — such as announcements, truths, decisions, or fate.
- 報告 — report
- 警告 — warning
- 広告 — advertisement
- 告白 — confession
- 予告 — notice / preview
- 忠告 — advice
告 combines 口 (mouth) and 牛 (cow), originally symbolizing a cow being branded — a way of informing ownership. It later came to mean “to inform” or “announce” something publicly or clearly.
先生に 欠席を 報告しました。
I reported my absence to the teacher.
彼は 彼女に 愛を 告白した。
He confessed his love to her.
報告 — report