ことば
Meanings
Noun
1. language; dialect
2. word; phrase; expression; term
3. speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language
4. words; remark; statement; comment
5. learning to speak; language acquisition
Kanji used
part of speech
Pitch accent
とば
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite