消息

Meaning

1. n
   news (from someone); letter; contact
2. n
   (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements

Example sentences

• 新聞に飛行機が消息を絶ったと書いてあった。

  I read in the newspaper that contact with the plane had been lost.

• 彼女は５年前に家を出たきりで、その後何の消息もありません。

  She left home five years ago, and has never been heard of since.

• 彼は３年前に家を出たきり全然消息がない。

  He went away from home three years ago, and has never been heard of since.