to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to make a speech; to address
word; term; language; speech
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
talk; recital; narration; topic
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
study of foreign languages; linguistics
way of reciting; way of telling a story
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
human speech; human language; sound of people talking
to make a speech; to address
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
technical term; terminology; jargon
verbalization; putting into words
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
big talk; boasting; bragging
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
coinage; invention of a new word; coined word
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé
narrator; storyteller; reciter
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
Korean (language; esp. as spoken in South Korea)
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement
going on about oneself; talking about oneself
to talk the night away; to talk all night
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
monologue; soliloquy; German (language)
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
to give a true account; to give a graphic account
vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
new word; neologism; newly coined word; newly introduced word (in a textbook); new word (to learn)
command of English; proficiency in English; knowledge of English
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
English name (for a country, etc.); English-derived nickname (used by someone with a non-Western personal name); Western name
English-speaking world; English-speaking countries; Anglosphere
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.
(linguistic) competence; language capability
English version; English-language edition
common language; lingua franca
Japanese language school (for non-native speakers)
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
irony; rhetorical question
to be beyond words; to defy description
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
indecent language; dirty talk
every single word and phrase; each and every word
teaching of English; English teaching
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
to let one's actions do the talking; to lead by example; to walk the talk
Japanese (language) version; Japanese edition
Buzzword of the Year Award (organized by publisher Jiyu Kokumin-sha)
Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word; language of the Han people; Chinese
translation equivalent; equivalent word in translation; translation (of a word); gloss
mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language
technical term; terminology; nomenclature
original word; original language
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
Japanese-language education (for non-native speakers)
vulgar word; vulgar expression; vulgarism; profanity; swear word
modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
take it from me; I speak from experience; word to the wise
loanword (in Japanese, esp. one of Western origin); word of foreign origin
emphasis (e.g. placed on a word); stress; tone (of voice)
industry terminology; professional jargon; buzzword
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
Tales of Ise (Heian period collection of poems)
diction; grammar; syntax; usage; wording
language area of the cortex; speech centre (center)
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
language center (brain); language centre
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
programming language; programing language
Imperial Rescript on Education (1890)
Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
word not allowed to be broadcast (on TV or radio); word prohibited on TV and radio; unbroadcastable word
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly")
language disorder; speech disorder; speech impediment
machine language; machine code
to be worth telling; to be worth confiding in
Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku
indigenous language; local language; vernacular; native tongue
written language; literary language; classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese
studying a language abroad
romance (e.g. the Arthurian romances)
Indonesian (language); Bahasa Indonesia
everyday language; common parlance; vernacular
Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo
One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights
speech; utterance; speech production; word used to start a sentence
colloquial style; written style based on spoken language
Swahili (language); Kiswahili
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
The Lord of the Rings (novel by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Kanda University of International Studies
idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China
collection of short Heian-period tales in the form of poems
onstage appearance of the jōruri musicians and chanters (in kabuki)
saying nothing; understanding tacitly; without putting into words
Zen terminology; Zen words
multilingualization; multilingualisation; localization; localisation
katakana word; word written in katakana
baby talk (e.g. "choo-choo" for train); words and speech patterns used by infants
sociolect spoken in the Tokyo area by gyaru
technical term; (specialist) terminology; jargon
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
to talk the night away; to talk all night
tragic love story; tale of tragic love
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
easy Japanese (that is easily understood by non-native speakers, children, etc.)
Konjaku Monogatarishū (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); Tales of Times Now Past
Persian (language); Farsi
dictionary of terminology; glossary
Japanese language; wago; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other loanwords)
similar words; words of similar meaning; synonym
sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme
discriminatory term; discriminatory language
one's native language; one's mother tongue
Nepali (language); Nepalese
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
explanation of a word (phrase, term, etc.); interpretation of a word
French-speaking world; francophone world; francophonie
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
quasi-synonym (word that has a similar meaning to another, but is not interchangeable)
lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies; babbling (of a baby); babble
pejorative term; derogatory term; disparaging term
conclusion; concluding remarks
narrative-like structure; narrative style
headword (in a dictionary); entry word
one's native language; Japanese
each language; every language
Eiken Foundation of Japan; (formerly) Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP)
Japanese language education (for Japanese people); teaching of Japanese
Taiwanese (language); Taiwanese Hokkien
English (language); British English
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
A Collection of Tales from Uji
university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages
classical or dead languages
Internet jargon; online slang
set phrase; idiomatic expression
German-speaking countries; German language sphere
forgetting the words; inability to pronounce a word correctly
literary style; classical style
another language; different languages
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
humble language (e.g. itadaku)
talking in whispers; confidential words
assistant language teacher; ALT; foreign national serving as an assistant teacher of English in a Japanese classroom
Japanese philology; Japanese linguistics
critical remark; comment; grade (at school; e.g. A, B, C)
Japanese language (as a school subject in Japan)
a great many words; huge number of words
thesaurus; dictionary of synonyms
Sanseido Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
theatrical performance given in English
you're not making any sense; can I have that in Japanese?
exam-oriented English; English studied just for examinations (esp. university entrance)
Japanese Language Proficiency Test; JLPT
One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights
tautology (language); tautology
kanji compound formed of opposing elements; antonym; conversation (face-to-face)
Persian (language); Farsi
command of Japanese; proficiency in Japanese
business terminology; business jargon
you're not making any sense; can I have that in Japanese?
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics; NINJAL; Kokken
colloquial writing; text written in a spoken form of the language
onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia)
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
tautology (language); tautology
Tales of Yamato (Heian period)
Iwanami Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten)
English proficiency test (esp. the STEP test)
talk; recital; narration; topic
language study; language learning
overgeneralizing (statement, assumption, etc.); overly broad; broad-brush; sweeping
various languages; several languages
technical term; technical terminology
Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Inbe no Hironari, 807 CE); historical record from the Inbe clan
linguistic activity; language (as defined by Saussure; langue and parole)
Eiga Monogatari (11-12C epic); A Tale of Flowering Fortunes
Chinese room (artificial intelligence thought experiment)
comprehension (of a word)
compound word; compound term
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
Uighur (language); Uigur; Uygur
inflection; conjugation; declension
Hungarian (language); Magyar
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
whispering; whisper; secret talk; sweet talk; sweet nothings; lovers' talk
English version; English translation
international language; world language; global lingua franca; constructed international auxiliary language (e.g. Esperanto)
various languages; several languages
(various) languages; language group; language family
linguist; language expert
Western language; Japanese word of Western origin
bilingual; in two languages
stem (non-inflecting part of a word); word stem
various languages; several languages
bilingual; in two languages
neologism; newly coined word
both languages; both words
word mainly used in tanka; poetical word
Klingon (fictitious language)
word used mainly in writing; literary language
use of related words to enhance expression (in classical Japanese poetry or prose); semantically related words
inflection of words (e.g. declension of nouns and conjugation of verbs)
Gendai Kokugo Reikai Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
Ochikubo Monogatari; The Tale of Ochikubo (Heian period Cinderella story)
to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion
A Tale of Two Cities (1859 novel by Charles Dickens)
Khmer (language); Cambodian
Shanghainese; Shanghai dialect (of Wu Chinese)
verbal behaviour; language behaviour
English studies; English philology; English linguistics
Utsubo Monogatari (Heian period narrative); The Tale of the Hollow Tree
corpus; linguistic data; text corpus
linguistic aspects of life; linguistic behaviour
written language; literary language
flavor of literary style; flavour of literary style
term used in translation; translation equivalent; word borrowed and translated from another language
syllable repetition (indicating plurals)
the opening greeting on letters
international language; world language; global lingua franca; constructed international auxiliary language (e.g. Esperanto)
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
sinophone world; Chinese-speaking world
artificial language (e.g. Esperanto); constructed language; conlang; language for defining structures, logic, etc. (e.g. XML, HTML, etc.)
Quechua (language); Quechuan; Quichua; Quecha
etymological theory; etymology
political jargon; political term
Meikyo Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Taishukan)
contemporary English; present-day English; current English
Eiga Monogatari (11-12C epic); A Tale of Flowering Fortunes
elegant words; refined diction; poetic expression; classical poetic language (esp. of the Heian period)
To Kill a Mockingbird (novel by Harper Lee)
modern Japanese (as spoken since the Middle Ages); Japanese spoken during the Meiji period (sometimes including the late Edo period and/or the Taishō period)
talking quietly; quiet conversation; idle talk
halting English; broken English
with a gentle face and a nice word
language of the enemy (esp. English in Japan during WWII)
Filipino (standardized Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines)
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
group of languages (subgroup of a branch); word group; group of words
Shinmeikai Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
Japanese-language support (in software)
English proficiency examination; English proficiency test
wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (lit.) (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog
language family; family of languages
dictionary of terminology; glossary
common saying; slang; argot
bilingual; in two languages
protolanguage; parent language
computer terminology; computer term
example of a word or phrase
Sinhala (language); Sinhalese
contemporary words; current terminology; words commonly heard in current affairs topics
practical language; language used for day-to-day activity (in contrast to official languages); facility language
private school for the study of English
related term; associated words
polite Japanese as used by young part-time employees in restaurants, etc.
command language; control language
hybrid language; pidgin; hybrid word; portmanteau word
Syriac (language); Syriac Aramaic
verbiage; wordiness; tautology; blabber; chatter; unnecessary talk
everyday language; The Tale of the Heike
Tokyo dialect (esp. historical)
bilingual; in two languages
Kansai University of Foreign Studies
Spanish-speaking world; Spanish-speaking countries
Tensei Jingo (daily column in the Asahi Shimbun)
Harusame Monogatari (1808 collection of stories by Ueda Akinari); Tales of Spring Rain
compound word; phrase; collocation; copula
natural language processing; NLP
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
bilingual; in two languages
Nihongo Daijiten (Japanese dictionary published by Kodansha)
baseless rumor; baseless rumour; gossip; false report
baseless rumor; baseless rumour; gossip; false report
psychology of language; psycholinguistics
knowing a theory without being able to apply it
Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
using an overly broad subject when expressing a personal opinion (e.g. "the public", "women"); overgeneralizing
text written in literary style
redundant keigo (i.e. improper use of the -rareru honorific form together with an honorific verb such as ossharu)
Japanese spoken (or written) with an excessive amount of English loanwords
expressing one's meaning by stating the opposite; ironic expression
different word; another word
core vocabulary; basic vocabulary
Norse (language); Nordic languages (Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish); North Germanic languages
European language; European languages
using an overly broad subject when expressing a personal opinion (e.g. "the public", "women"); overgeneralizing
global language; world language; languages of the world; world languages
word with difficult-to-read kanji
near-extinct language; seriously endangered language
falsehood (as one of the five sins in Buddhism); lie
middle of a word; within a word
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
The School Sayings of Confucius; Family Sayings of Confucius; Kongzi Jiayu
word-for-word translation; literal translation
Buddhist terminology; word related to Buddhism
language construct; entity
inflectional ending (in Japanese)
monolingual; single-language
Japanese language specialist; linguist specializing in Japanese
don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; (lit.) a defeated general should not talk of strategy
words; speech; expression
reciting without samisen accompaniment
various languages; several languages
computer terminology; computer term
Italian language (esp. as a school subject)
pejorative term; derogatory word; invective
Pashto (language); Pashtu
intensive word; intensifier
Chinese language (esp. as a college class)
colloquial expression; colloquialism
sociology of language; sociolinguistics
Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)
Ancient Egyptian (language)
Marathi (language); Mahratti
Osaka University of Foreign Studies
Croat (language); Croatian
classical Greek (language); ancient Greek
Iranian (any member language of the Iranian language branch, esp. Farsi)
natural language understanding; NLU
EIKEN Test in Practical English Proficiency; STEP test
language spoken by the Emishi; languages spoken by the nanban during the Edo Period (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch); foreign language
language used by students; students' slang
Filipino (standardized Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines)
following a text word by word (e.g. when translating)
language used in red-light districts during the Edo period
foul language; abusive language
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
you're not making any sense; can I have that in Japanese?
predicate logic; predicate calculus
embellishing one's words (one of the ten evil deeds); embellished language; flowery language
precept forbidding one to speak untruthfully; precept of satya
secret language; code word; argot
Edo-period Kansai dialect
Soga Monogatari (war chronicle)
Buddhist term; teaching of the Buddha; saying of the Buddha; words of the Buddha
Westside Story (musical by Bernstein and Sondheim)
Ural-Altaic (family of languages)
Society for the Study of Japanese Language
modifier of an inflectable word
neologism (invention of words that have meaning only to the person who uses them)
adult language; office jargon
unknown language; unknown word
language used in the political and cultural center of a country
scripting language; script language
modifier of a non-inflectable word
Slovenian (language); Slovene
rare word; unusual word; strange word
Cebuano (language); Cebuan; Bisaya
Japanese text book; Japanese text books
Annamese (language); Vietnamese
bilingual; in two languages
Pijin (language); pidgin language
Ethiopic (language, languages)
branch (of a language family); branch of languages
Japanese word constructed of elements from foreign languages
independent word; free-standing Japanese language elements (not auxiliaries or particles)
computational linguistics
basic multi-lingual plane; BMP
The Changelings; Torikaebaya Monogatari
heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade
Ilokano (language); Ilocano
Dzongkha (language); Bhutanese
whispering; murmuring; talking in a low voice
you're not making any sense; can I have that in Japanese?
independent word; free-standing word
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
Pashto (language); Pashtu
easy Japanese (that is easily understood by non-native speakers, children, etc.)
Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
bilingual; in two languages
loanword; loan word; borrowed word; borrowing
Haitian Creole (language)
street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay
The Tale of Sagoromo (ca 1060 CE)
colloquial grammar; grammar of modern spoken and written Japanese
language spoken by the Emishi; languages spoken by the nanban during the Edo Period (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch); foreign language
scary story; horror story
polysemous word; word with multiple meanings
folk etymology; popular (but unfounded) etymology
neurolinguistic programming; NLP
precept forbidding one to speak untruthfully; precept of satya
Late Middle Japanese; medieval Japanese; mediaeval Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese (language variety)
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics; NINJAL; Kokken
language island; speech island
four-letter word (vulgar English term, e.g. fuck)
Japanese-Ryukyuan languages; Japonic languages
ancient language; ancient word; Old Japanese; Japanese as spoken from the end of the 6th century to the end of the Nara period
dependent word (i.e. auxiliaries and particles; in Japanese)
word root (smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)
Telugu (language); Telegu
bilingual; in two languages
Utsubo Monogatari (Heian period narrative); The Tale of the Hollow Tree
to say repeatedly (often by many people); to say over and over again
Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language; NKG
intermediate language; interlanguage
French language (esp. as a college class)
grudge; complaint; reproach
sweet whispers of love; sweet nothings; lovers' whispers
A Japanese and English Dictionary with an English and Japanese Index (1867)
saying whatever one feels; speaking at random; making careless remarks; rambling talk
etymological dictionary; glossary; thesaurus; history of words
taboo word; forbidden word
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
absolute respectful speech; absolute honorifics
spoken language (as opposed to literary)
Kongo (language); Kikongo; Congolese
(spoken) epilogue; final words (following the main event)
non-English-speaking world; non-Anglosphere
Page Description Language; PDL
talking quietly; quiet conversation; idle talk
Proto-Indo-European (language)
Rhaeto-Romance (language)
inflecting word (in Japanese); inflectional word
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.
classification of Japanese words by their origin as Japanese, Chinese or Western
vulgar word; vulgar expression; vulgarism; profanity; swear word
bilingual; in two languages
bilingual; in two languages
various languages; several languages
various languages; several languages
katakana word; word written in katakana
easy Japanese (that is easily understood by non-native speakers, children, etc.)
Japanese language; wago; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other loanwords)
first word (of an infant)
Min Chinese (language); Min
Min Chinese (language); Min
Min Chinese (language); Min
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
verbiage; wordiness; tautology; blabber; chatter; unnecessary talk
classical Greek (language); ancient Greek
Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)
Ural-Altaic (family of languages)
Annamese (language); Vietnamese
computational linguistics
etymological dictionary; glossary; thesaurus; history of words
etymological dictionary; glossary; thesaurus; history of words
register-specific word; word used in a particular social group or situation
Brazilian Portuguese (language variety)
Proto-Indo-European (language)
Kannada (language); Kanarese
Chinese (language); Qiang (language)
English Language Proficiency Test; TOEFL
hand signals; flag signals
multilingual; in many languages
everyday speech; everyday language
mixed language; hybrid language; pidgin; word formed via contamination
hybrid term combining elements drawn from different languages
inflected language; fusional language
non-standard pronunciation
constituents of compound word
unprompted remark; unsolicited statement
preface; editors note; postscript
lexical-functional grammar; LFG
principle of lexical control; PLC
subject-auxiliary inversion
transformational generative syntax
relative respectful speech; relative honorifics
Indo-Chinese (family of languages)
Indo-Chinese (family of languages)
Indic languages; Indo-Aryan languages
structured query language; SQL
Bantu language (of the Bantu language family)
predicate verb; predicator
noun equivalent; substantive
adverb equivalent; adverbial equivalent
computational linguistics
objective complement; noun or adjective following and modifying the direct object
person with a language disorder; person with a speech disorder
speech mixing words from two languages
speech mixing words from two languages
Proto-Indo-European (language)
Proto-Indo-European (language)
Indic languages; Indo-Aryan languages
Indic languages; Indo-Aryan languages
Luwian; Luvian (language)
speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener
female language; feminine expression
Aboriginal languages (of Australia)
Aboriginal languages (of Australia)
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Hamito-Semitic (family of languages)
Altaic (family of languages)
Indo-Germanic (family of languages)
Indo-Germanic (family of languages)
Uralic (family of languages)
Sino-Tibetan (family of languages)
Sino-Tibetan (family of languages)
Dravidian (family of languages)
Dravidian (family of languages)
Niger-Kordofan (family of languages)
Niger-Kordofan (family of languages)
Niger-Congo (family of languages)
Niger-Congo (family of languages)
Hamitic (hypothetical family of languages)
Tai languages; Zhuang-Tai languages
creating a noun by affixing "ku" to the end of an inflectable word (e.g. "omowaku", "osoraku")
appropriate word; apt word or expression; mot juste
written language; literary language
official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
pejorative term; derogatory word; invective
elegant speech (esp. the use of the prefixes "o-" and "go-"); refined language; polite language
theory of linguistic relativity
target language; object language
incorporating language; polysynthetic language
incorporating language; polysynthetic language
katakana dictionary; loanword dictionary
local language; local dialect
local language; local dialect
frame story; frame narrative; frame tale
protolanguage; parent language; root word; word in the parent language
homonym that has a native Japanese reading
predicate noun; predicate nominative
constituent negation; word negation
Tungusic language (esp. Evenki)
Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
application development language
Interface Definition Language
computer-dependent language
Computer Mediated Communication; CMC
Job Control Language; JCL
data description language; DDL
data manipulation language; DML
data definition language; DDL
HyperText Markup Language; HTML
Hypermedia; Time-based Structuring Language; HyTime
enhanced (Japanese) keyboard
machine word; computer word
machine word; computer word
computer-dependent language
CDL; Computer Design Language
SQL; Structured Query Language
command language; control language
glossary of technical terms
fourth generation language; 4GL
fourth generation language; 4GL
intermediate language level
application-oriented language
Japanese text entry front-end program
auxiliary inflecting word (in Japanese)
problem-oriented language
logic programming language
cognate object verb phrase
Kyōwa-go; Japanese-based pidgin language spoken in Manchukuo
linguistic map; linguistic atlas
grammar of the classical literature; classical grammar
Punjabi (language); Panjabi
Punjabi (language); Panjabi
story; tale; unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting
Imperial Rescript on Education (1890)
Imperial Rescript on Education (1890)
total number of words used (in a text)
language being translated to; target language
language being translated from; source language
English department (e.g. in a university)
tempo marking; tempo indication
stylistic marking (in music, e.g. "dolce", "tranquillo", etc.)
Shughni (language spoken in Pamir mountains in Afghanistan and Tajikistan)
lingua franca; vehicular language; bridge language; intermediary language
words used to describe tempo, dynamics, etc. in music; musical terminology
illustrative word; example word
African American Vernacular English; AAVE; Black English; ebonics
coprolalia; uncontrollable use of obscene language
colloquialism; slang; proverb
Ladin (Rhaeto-Romanic dialect)
optic aphasia; visual aphasia
courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party)
humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)
humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)
humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy
humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy
Indo-European language(s)
national language; state language
male language; masculine language
twin talk; twin speech; cryptophasia; idioglossia
old people's talk; sociolect of the elderly; dated language
secret language used in the postwar Showa period where certain words are read backwards
secret language used in the postwar Showa period where certain words are read backwards
early modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken during the Edo period
Chinese; Korean; foreign language; language one doesn't understand
Chinese; Korean; foreign language; language one doesn't understand
word form used in literary language
word form used in vernacular language (as opposed to classical language)
Ottoman Turkish (language); Osmanli; Ottoman
Khmer (language); Cambodian
humble and honorific expressions; polite speech; honorific; term of respect; polite expression
sister language; related language; cognate
artificial intelligence language; AI language
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
English-speaking person; foreigner
Tswana (language); Setswana
Gujarati (language); Gujerati
Kannada (language); Kanarese
Serbo-Croat (language); Serbo-Croatian
Rwandan (language); Kinyarwanda
Yue Chinese (language); Cantonese (language)
psychomime; ideophone depicting mental state or sensation
neologism (invention of words that have meaning only to the person who uses them)
highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family
German language (esp. as a college class)
Spanish language (esp. as a college class)
Spanish language (esp. as a college class)
superstratum; superstrate
Wu Chinese (language); Shanghainese
Kapampangan (language); Pampangan (language)
a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; (lit.) a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it
graded reader; limited-vocabulary reader
Cebuano (language); Cebuan; Bisaya
mysterious words; confusing words
Japanese word constructed from Sino-Japanese elements; wasei kango
baby talk (used in talking to young children)
private-sphere language; language used in every day life; dialect
stories from one's childhood; children's story; fairy tale
Tigre (language); Tigrayit
speech-language-hearing therapy
living language; inflecting word
international auxiliary language
Ido (constructed language)
vernacularism; colloquialism
European Portuguese (language variety)
European Portuguese (language variety)
Hokkien (language); Fukien; Fujian
object complement; objective complement
chat without food or drink
mixed language spoken by Japanese Brazilians
pseudo-Chinese; Japanese written without kana for intelligibility in Chinese
Cia-Cia language; Butonese
Maldivian (language); Dhivehi
kana orthography (esp. historical) of native Japanese words
kana orthography (esp. historical) of native Japanese words
newly introduced word (e.g. in a textbook); new word (to learn); new vocabulary
honorific expressions learned from company training manuals
babigo; language game of repeating each syllable with an initial "b"
Sino-Vietnamese word; Vietnamese word of Chinese origin
etymology of a word; history of a word
tone language; tonal language
tone language; tonal language
lack of Japanese language support for Japanese-made content (esp. video games)
Sino-Japanese word; word using Chinese-derived readings
linguistic purism; linguistic protectionism
language attrition (process of losing a native or first language); linguistic attrition; hypophrasia
polysyllabic word; polysyllable
structure word; function word; form word
large language model; LLM
Sotho (language); Sesotho; Southern Sotho
ability to understand English like a native speaker (i.e. without translating); intuitive understanding of English; (lit.) English brain
basic vocabulary; core vocabulary
Aromanian (language); Macedo-Romanian
issues pertaining to a nation's script (e.g. standardization of kanji in Japanese)
folk etymology; popular (but unfounded) etymology
Scots (language); Lowland Scots
Irish English; Hiberno-English
Xiang Chinese (language); Hunanese
Gilbertese (language); Kiribati
lexical item; lexical unit
bound auxiliary attaching only to independent inflectable words
phenomime (of living things); mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner of a living thing that does not make a sound (e.g. "aimlessly", "sluggishly")
Proto-Japonic (language); Proto-Japanese; Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan
Magyar (language); Hungarian
small language model; SLM
Peninsular Japonic (postulated extinct language)
modifier of a non-inflectable word; adnominal modifier
The Chicago International Language School; CILS
Association for Teaching English through Movies; ATEM
Mathematical Linguistic Society of Japan
International Japanese Education Center; IJEC
Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences
Kobe University of Foreign Studies
Japan Association for Language Teaching; JALT
Futaba College of Foreign Languages; FCFL
Waseda Foreign Language College
Taketori-no-Okina no Monogatari (alternate name for Taketori Monogatari: The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
Japan Society for Medical English Education
English Linguistic Society of Japan
Japan English Language Education Society
Linguistic Society of Japan; LSJ
Society for Japanese Linguistics
Japan Association for the Promotion of English for Children
Chinese Language Society of Japan
thesaurus published by Sanseido
Black Beauty (1877 novel by Anna Sewell)
An American Tail (1986 film)
An American Tale (collection of stories by Nagai Kafū, 1908)
Saito's Idiomological English-Japanese Dictionary (1936)
Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien, publ. in 1977)
Community of Portuguese Language Countries; CPLP
Tales of Ise (Heian period collection of poems) (abbr)
Hanyu Da Zidian (multi-volume Chinese character dictionary); Grand Chinese Dictionary