- 報告 — report
- 警告 — warning
- 広告 — advertisement
- 告白 — confession
- 予告 — notice / preview
- 忠告 — advice
告 combines 口 (mouth) and 牛 (cow), originally symbolizing a cow being branded — a way of informing ownership. It later came to mean “to inform” or “announce” something publicly or clearly.
先生に 欠席を 報告しました。
I reported my absence to the teacher.
彼は 彼女に 愛を 告白した。
He confessed his love to her.