知(し)らせる

しらせる
verb (ichidan)
to notify, to inform
1. to notify, to inform, to let know
To communicate information to someone, to make someone aware of something.
結果(けっか)を知(し)らせてください。
Please let me know the results.
彼(かれ)に会議(かいぎ)の時間(じかん)を知(し)らせた。
I informed him of the meeting time.
に marks the person informed
悪(わる)い知(し)らせがある。
I have bad news.
知(し)らせ is the noun form

TRANSITIVITY: 他動詞(たどうし) (transitive). This is the causative-like form of 知(し)る (to know). Pattern: Xに Yを知(し)らせる (inform X of Y).

ASPECT: ている indicates completed action. 知(し)らせている = 'has informed.'

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • Xを知(し)らせる (notify of X)
  • 知(し)らせてください (please let me know)
  • お知(し)らせ (notification, announcement—polite noun)
  • 知(し)らせが届(とど)く (news arrives)

RELATED:

  • 知(し)る: to know, to learn (base verb)
  • 知(し)らせ: notification, news (noun form)
  • お知(し)らせ: announcement (polite noun)

CONTRAST WITH 伝(つた)える:

  • 知(し)らせる: to inform (make someone aware)
  • 伝(つた)える: to convey, tell (pass on a message)

Both can mean 'inform,' but 伝(つた)える emphasizes the transfer of a message.

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Added 2026.1.8 21:56 · Revised 2026.3.7 9:53
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