• 報告ほうこく — report
• 情報じょうほう — information
• 通報つうほう — notification / tip-off
• 予報よほう — forecast
• 恩おんに報むくいる — to return a favor
• 一報いっぽう — a notice / a brief report

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報 combines 幸 (fortune) with 土 and ⻌ elements. Its origins suggest offering or conveying something in return — evolving into meanings of reporting, informing, rewarding, or repaying. It connects communication with consequence.

先生せんせいに 報告ほうこくを 出だしました。
I submitted the report to the teacher.

努力どりょくが 報むくわれた。
My efforts were rewarded.