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消息 (しょうそく): news, letter, circumstances — Japanese vocabulary

消息 is read しょうそく and means "news, letter, circumstances". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

消息

Reading
しょうそく · shousoku
Translation
news, letter, circumstances
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しょうそくが

Example

あの人はアメリカへ立ったまま消息がない。

あのひとはアメリカへたったまましょうそくがない。

Nothing has been heard from him since he left for America.

Kanji in this word

  • 消 — disappear, erase
  • 息 — breath

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