language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
as stated; verbatim; literally
to be at a loss for words
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
speech; expression; wording; language
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love); floriography
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
password; watchword; motto; slogan
at a loss for words; stumped for words
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
word game; wordplay; playing with words
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
Angelica keiskei (species of angelica, a herb of the parsley family)
Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
plant having four leaves on one stalk
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
decayed leaves; russet; tawny; yellow-brown
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
number of words; vocality
to say too much; to go too far
to be at a loss for words
under the sod; one's grave; the other world
speech; expression; wording; language
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
men's language; male language
women's language; word used by women
spoken language; colloquial expression
fighting words; inflammatory words; provocative remark
with all due respect, but...; I don't mean to talk back, but...
to watch what one says; to mind one's language
I can't find the words to thank you; I can never thank you enough
retort (to an insult, jeer, etc.)
baby talk; baby language; babbling
unable to find the words to thank someone; unable to thank someone enough
new leaves; fresh verdure
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
russet; tawny; yellow-brown
willow-leaf arrowhead; part of a Japanese stirrup; willow leaf
words used by young people; slang
sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)
written word; written language
lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
Chiba Prefectural Police (abbr)
novice driver mark; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars
common word; common phrase; everyday expression; jargon; lingo; argot
blighted leaves; diseased leaves
lime-leaved maple (Acer distylum)
taboo word; euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)
spoken language; spoken words; language
word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word
wild ginger trefoil family crest (of the Tokugawa clan); triple hollyhock family crest
provincial dialect; rural dialect
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism
hinoki leaf; hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata); small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)
large number of words; (lit.) sea of words
sexual position in which the man sits astride one of the woman's legs whilst holding the other one up
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab; champagne crab (Hypothalassia armata)
cast iron plant (Aspidistra elatior); baran; green plastic garnish (orig. made from leaves) used in lunch boxes, with sushi, etc.
dropping the "ra" in the potential form of verbs formed with "-rareru"
trailing ice plant (Lampranthus spectabilis)
stinging (barbed) words; harsh language
word said backwards; word of opposite meaning
word-hunting; search for and censorship of politically incorrect words
working-class dialect of the Shitamachi area of Tokyo
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
buzzword; popular expression; vogue word or phrase
magnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism; national language
four-letter word (esp. in English)
genius shows from childhood; (lit.) the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout
wet fallen leaves; retired men who get underfoot at home
secret language of court ladies (Muromachi period)
polite language used by women
moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
word mainly used in tanka; poetical word
dried leaves; dried daikon leaves
burning fallen leaves; autumn leaf burning
vernacular; local dialect
kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun
meaningless words added (to a traditional Japanese song) for rhythmical effect; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song; non-lexical vocables
In the beginning was the Word
filler word; filler phrase
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
first maple leaves to turn red in the season
pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)
end leaves; top leaves; last leaves
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji"
daikon, etc. trimmings, usu. added to rice
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions
salmon jerky; dried salmon; cured salmon
Chamisso's lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica)
sociolect used by prostitutes in the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
sa-added word (i.e. causative forms with an extra 'sa' like 'ikasaseru' for 'iku')
refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo
repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm
filled pause (e.g. um, er); filler word
island language; island dialect
to be evasive; to be not entirely truthful; to not be frank
samurai words and phrases
Chiba Institute of Technology
Chiba University of Commerce
reddish-yellow (colour); russet
norito read at a great purification event
brown hawk owl (Ninox scutulata)
Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera truncata); crab cactus
Ecclesiastes (book of the Bible); (lit.) words of Qohelet
word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...")
teyo-dawa speech; mid-Meiji period schoolgirl slang in which sentence-end particles "teyo" and "dawa" were used prominently
abusive language; expletive; swear word; curse word
adding a superfluous "re" to the potential form of a godan verb
language used when writing letters
typed language (as opposed to spoken language or formal written language); language used in digital written communication (characterized by abbreviations, emoticons, etc.)
euphemisms used by hunters, lumberjacks, etc. when in the wild; (lit.) mountain language
word choice; choice of words
countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period
word consisting of (two) repeated syllables
euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
low-class language; vulgar words
words betray one's character
unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings); being at a loss for words
sociolect used by prostitutes in the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
stinging words; biting remarks
high-quality leaves (e.g. green onions, tobacco, tea)
Viburnum plicatum var. plicatum
green barley; barley grass
Chiba Institute of Science
plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)
Matsuba-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Chiba Prefectural Central Museum; Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences
Chiba International Animal Health & Management College
Futaba College of Foreign Languages; FCFL
Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art
Chiba Prefectural Library
rice with dried daikon leaves
Prunus cerasifera var. atropurpurea; pissard plum
pine oil; pine-needle oil
whisk fern (Psilotum nudum)
Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)
sorrel (Rumex acetosa); Common sorrel; garden sorrel; spinach dock
Futabasaurus suzukii (species of plesiosaur)
Japanese stone oak (Lithocarpus edulis)
dipterocarp (any plant of genus Dipterocarpus)
Hosta montana (species of plantain lily)
Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus)
Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)
Bumald bladdernut (Staphylea bumalda); Japanese bladdernut
mother tongue (from the island where one was raised); Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)
annual mugwort (Artemisia annua)
Salix urbaniana (species of willow)
Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)
chocolate vine (Akebia trifoliata); three leaf akebia
common morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; Japanese chervil; Japanese parsley
sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua); redgum
box elder (Acer negundo); boxelder maple; ash-leaved maple; maple ash; ashleaf maple
sweet woodruff (Asperula odorata)
Chamaecyparis obtusa var. breviramea (ornamental variety of hinoki cypress)
Disanthus cercidifolius (species of witch-hazel)
Japanese flowering ash (Fraxinus sieboldiana)
threeleaf goldthread (Coptis trifolia); savoyane
fiddle-leaf fig (Ficus lyrata)
Eupatorium glehnii (boneset species)
expanded azalea (Rhododendron dilatatum)
Hosta sieboldii (species of plantain lily)
willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia
unicorn leatherjacket (Aluterus monoceros)
leafy lespedeza (Lespedeza cyrtobotrya)
Siebold's wild ginger (Asarum sieboldii)
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum); yellow bedstraw
needle spikerush (Eleocharis acicularis)
Microtis unifolia (species of orchid)
Arctic wrack (Fucus evanescens)
Paris verticillata (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
Cephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)
sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period); vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period)
fallen red persimmon leaves
end leaves; top leaves; last leaves; descendant