電報

• 読み: でんぽう
• ローマ字: denpou
• 漢字の分解: 電 (den) — electricity, electric; 報 (hō/pō) — report, inform
• 発音: /de.m.poː/

意味

A telegram; a message sent by telegraph. A form of written communication transmitted electrically.

Though telegrams are rarely used for everyday communication today, 電報 remains culturally significant in Japan. Congratulatory telegrams (祝電, shukuden) are commonly sent for weddings and graduations, and condolence telegrams (弔電, chōden) for funerals. NTT still offers telegram services for these formal occasions.

例文

1. 結婚式にお祝いの電報を送りました。
2. 昔は電報で大事な知らせを伝えました。
3. 卒業式で電報が読まれました。

使い方ガイド

場面: ceremonies, weddings, formal occasions

トーン: formal

起源と歴史

Compound of 電 (den, electricity) and 報 (hō/pō, report/inform). Literally 'electric report,' coined during the Meiji era when telegraph technology was introduced to Japan.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal