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(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

to exchange words

to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

① 言葉の使い方。

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

to continue (to say)

exactly as stated; verbatim

meaningless words; words that make no sense

① 物の言い方。

God's word; word of God

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

to be at a loss for words

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

① あらかじめ決めておく仲間の間だけでの言葉あるいはキーワード。② 皆で掲げる目標。

word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

to cut in; to butt in

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

spoken language; colloquial expression

skillful words; deceitful words; glibness

① 和歌の修辞法の一つ。特に意味は持たず、ある単語を導き出すための5音の言葉。導き出す単語によって使用される枕詞は決まっている。② ある言葉や話題が語られるときに、意味合いの強弱にかかわらず用いられる語。前置きの言葉。まくら。

to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid

Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent

to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

to talk; to speak

word game; wordplay; playing with words

taboo word; euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

to say too much; to go too far

opening address

kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun

① 都会から離れた地域の人が使っている言葉。

① 和歌に用いる言葉。

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

① 上一段活用・下一段活用・カ行変格活用の動詞に可能の意味を加えた、「れる」で終わる下一段活用動詞。「食べれる」、「見れる」、「来れる」の類。「食べれる」の例では「食べる」の未然形「食べ」に可能を表す助動詞「られる」が接続した「食べられる」のうち、「ら」を抜いた形であると解することができるためこの名で呼ばれる。「られる」が受け身・尊敬・可能・自発の意味を表現し得るのと違い、この表現では可能の意味のみを表す。「走れる」のような五段活用動詞の可能動詞の影響を受けた活用と考えられるが、可能動詞よりも後になって生じた比較的新しい表現であり誤用ともされる。

stinging (barbed) words; harsh language

① 他人に知られないように、仲間の者のみ用いる言葉。

alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery

men's language; male language

to watch what one says; to mind one's language

closing address

at a loss for words; stumped for words

word game; wordplay; playing with words

to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer

lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say

skillful words; deceitful words; glibness

spoken language; colloquial expression

to exchange words

common saying; slang; argot

word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word

word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word

① 流行語。

spoken language; spoken words; language

In the beginning was the Word

countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period

language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love

dictionary; lexicon

dictionary; lexicon

to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer

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

① 品詞の一つで、事物の名前を表す。旧称は「なことば」。他の品詞を付属することなく、独立した意味を有し、文において主語として機能することができる語。

figure of speech

① 言葉の数。語数。② 口数。

① 通常より早く言葉を喋り、それをうまく言うことができるかどうかを競う遊戯。言いにくさや、言えそうで言えない言葉を楽しむ言葉遊びである。例として、バスガス爆発（ばすがすばくはつ）などがある。

to be at a loss for words

men's language; male language

women's language; word used by women

women's language; word used by women

unable to find the words to thank someone; unable to thank someone enough

I can't find the words to thank you; I can never thank you enough

baby talk; baby language; babbling

① ものを売りつけるときに使う言葉。転じて、喧嘩を仕掛ける（喧嘩を売る）ときの言葉。

language barrier

① 他人からの悪口などに対して言い返す言葉。

words used by young people; slang

opening address

sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)

sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)

words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent

local dialect; vernacular; provincialism

closing address

① 上一段活用・下一段活用・カ行変格活用の動詞に可能の意味を加えた、「れる」で終わる下一段活用動詞。「食べれる」、「見れる」、「来れる」の類。「食べれる」の例では「食べる」の未然形「食べ」に可能を表す助動詞「られる」が接続した「食べられる」のうち、「ら」を抜いた形であると解することができるためこの名で呼ばれる。「られる」が受け身・尊敬・可能・自発の意味を表現し得るのと違い、この表現では可能の意味のみを表す。「走れる」のような五段活用動詞の可能動詞の影響を受けた活用と考えられるが、可能動詞よりも後になって生じた比較的新しい表現であり誤用ともされる。

prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)

large number of words; (lit.) sea of words

word said backwards; word of opposite meaning

working-class accent or dialect

meaningless words added a song for rhythmical effect; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song

① 隠語の一種。宮廷に奉仕する女官が使用した。上品さ、優美さを醸成させることを目的として使用された。時代が下るにつれて、武家の侍女や、ついには町人の女性にまで浸透していった。特徴として、接頭に「お」をつける（水→お冷）、語尾に「文字」をつける（杓子→しゃもじ）などが挙げられる。

polite language used by women

Edo dialect

to make a pun on a word

local dialect; vernacular; provincialism; national language

harsh language

vernacular; local dialect

four-letter word (esp. in English)

filler word; filler phrase

word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji"

norito read at a great purification event

bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook

island language; island dialect

countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period

repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm

samurai words and phrases

the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo

filled pause (e.g. um, er); filler word

to be evasive; to be not entirely truthful; to not be frank

island language; island dialect

sa-added word (i.e. causative forms with an extra 'sa' like 'ikasaseru' for 'iku')

sa-added word (i.e. causative forms with an extra 'sa' like 'ikasaseru' for 'iku')

Ecclesiastes (book of the Bible); (lit.) words of Qohelet

falconry term

samurai words and phrases

① マタギが使う言葉。② で、山の中で魔を呼びよせないために使う特別な言葉。里では使わない。

casual speech

language used when writing letters

seasonal word (in haiku)

word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...")

language game in which extra syllables are added to words

language game in which extra syllables are added to words

euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)

word consisting of (two) repeated syllables

words betray one's character

teyo-dawa speech; mid-Meiji period schoolgirl slang in which sentence-end particles "teyo" and "dawa" were used prominently

false friend

adding a superfluous "re" to the potential form of a godan verb

sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period); vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period)

Japanese (language)