► 名詞
噂 [うわさ] meaning: rumor rank: 1
☆ それは噂に過ぎない ⇨ That’s just a rumor
☆ 彼が他のチームにトレードされるという噂が流れている ⇨ There’s a rumor that he will be traded to another team
噂 [うわさ] [噂する] meaning: rumor rank: 1
☆ 彼は時期社長と噂されている ⇨ It is rumored that he is the next CEO
☆ 彼女は他人の噂をするのが好きだ ⇨ She likes to gossip about others
便り [(1)たより] [風の便り] [liter] meaning: rumor rank: 3
☆ そのことは風の便りで聞いた ⇨ I heard about it through a letter of wind, the grapevine
デマ [(1)でま] meaning: rumor rank: 3
☆ 犯行は移民によるものだ等のデマが流れた ⇨ (☛ Unfounded and often malicious rumors. From German “demagogie(=demagogy)”)
浮き名 [うきな] [浮き名を流す] meaning: rumor rank: 4
☆ 彼は多くの有名女優と浮き名を流した ⇨ He had been rumored to date many famous actresses (☛ A romantic rumor)
口コミ [くちこみ] meaning: rumor rank: 4
☆ その店の評判は口コミで広がった ⇨ The reputation of the store has spread by word of mouth (☛ Literally “mouth communication” (コミ is an abbreviation of “communication”).)
人伝 [ひとづて] [人伝に聞く] meaning: rumor rank: 4
☆ 私は彼のことを人伝に聞いた ⇨ I heard about him through the grapevine (☛ Literally means “human transmission”)
流言飛語 [(6)りゅうげんひご] meaning: rumor rank: 5
☆ (☛ Malicious rumors)