Reportedly in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishMarks information as coming from reports rather than being presented as the speaker's directly verified knowledge.

Definition in Japanese自分で直接確認したことではなく、報道で伝えられた情報であることを示す表現。

Example sentences

• 報道(ほうどう)によると、その会社(かいしゃ)は二(ふた)つの事業所(じぎょうしょ)を閉鎖(へいさ)する予定(よてい)です。🔊

  The company is reportedly planning to close two offices.

• うちの新(あたら)しい上司(じょうし)は、前(まえ)にもここで働(はたら)いていたらしいけど、まだ確認(かくにん)していない。🔊

  Our new manager has reportedly worked here before, but I haven't checked.

Learn it in a lesson

• Reporting claims and expressing distance in Japanese

reportedly in other languages

• What reportedly means
• In Portuguese
• In French