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How to say "News" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "News" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "News" is "Nyuusu", written in japanese as "ニュース".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

The Japanese noun 'ニュース (にゅーす)' refers to news or information about recent events. It can be used to describe newspaper articles, television news broadcasts, or other media that report on current happenings. For example: Did you see the news about the new law? - (新しい法律のニュースを見ましたか。) I read the news every morning. - (毎朝ニュースを読んでいます。)

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Nyuusu" mean in japanese?

"Nyuusu" means "News" .

If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "News" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The katakana "ニ" is read as "ni". And The katakana "ス" is read as "su".