sociolect spoken in the Tokyo area by gyaru
new word; neologism; word of recent origin; recent word; modern term
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
elegant words; refined diction; poetic expression; classical poetic language (esp. of the Heian period)
Japanese spoken (or written) with an excessive amount of English loanwords
Min Chinese (language); Min
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)
branch of languages (i.e. Italic languages as a subset of Indo-European languages)
secret language; code word; argot
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
kanji compound formed of opposing elements; antonym
faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement
Japanese language; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other foreign loanwords)
swear word; dirty word; coprolalia
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
translational equivalent; equivalent word in translation
English (language); British English
kanji compound formed of opposing elements; antonym
both languages; both words
everyday language; The Tale of the Heike
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
study of foreign languages; linguistics
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
monologue; soliloquy; German (language)
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
indecent language; dirty talk
machine language; machine code
technical term; terminology; nomenclature
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word; (ancient) Chinese language
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
diction; grammar; syntax; usage; wording
irony; rhetorical question
original word; original language
loanword; foreign-origin word
Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese
emphasis (e.g. placed on a word); stress; tone (of voice)
Min Chinese (language); Min
written language; literary language; classical (or formal) written style based on Heian-period Japanese
everyday language; common parlance; vernacular
Zen terminology; Zen words
phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly")
indigenous language; local language; vernacular; native tongue
headword (in a dictionary); entry word
speech; utterance; starting to speak; word used to start a sentence
Swahili (language); Kiswahili
sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme
quasi-synonym (word that has a similar meaning to another, but is not interchangeable)
katakana word; word written in katakana
Persian (language); Farsi
Persian (language); Farsi
discriminatory term; discriminatory language
baby talk (e.g. "choo-choo" for train); words and speech patterns used by infants
Taiwanese (language); Taiwanese Hokkien
quasi-synonym (word that has a similar meaning to another, but is not interchangeable)
one's native language; one's mother tongue
classical or dead languages
critical remark; comment; grade (at school; e.g. A, B, C)
degrading language (language used to lower the position of the listener)
Nepali (language); Nepalese
talking in whispers; confidential words
Indonesian (language); Bahasa Indonesia
Klingon (fictitious language)
forgetting the words; inability to pronounce a word correctly
baseless rumor; baseless rumour; gossip; false report
word used mainly in writing; literary language
humble language (e.g. itadaku)
a great many words; huge number of words
another language; different languages
Shanghainese; Shanghai dialect (of Wu Chinese)
linguist; language expert
international language; world language; global lingua franca; constructed international auxiliary language (e.g. Esperanto)
comprehension (of a word)
syllable repetition (indicating plurals)
Western language; Japanese word of Western origin
international language; world language; global lingua franca; constructed international auxiliary language (e.g. Esperanto)
language family; family of languages
compound word; compound term
term used in translation; translation equivalent; word borrowed and translated from another language
Khmer (language); Cambodian
Quechua (language); Quechuan; Quichua; Quecha
modern Japanese (as spoken in Japan after the Middle Ages); Meiji and Taishō period modern Japanese
example of a word or phrase
the opening greeting on letters
Romanian (language); Rumanian; Roumanian
Bulgarian (language); Bulgar
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
common saying; slang; argot
Sinhalese (language); Sinhala
with a gentle face and a nice word
practical language; language used for day-to-day activity (in contrast to official languages); facility language
language of the enemy (esp. English in Japan during WWII)
middle of a word; within a word
quiet conversation; gossiping; idle talk
compound word; phrase; collocation; copula
verbiage; wordiness; tautology; blabber; chatter; unnecessary talk
protolanguage; parent language
Filipino (standardized Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines)
related term; associated words
Tokyo dialect (esp. historical)
Syriac (language); Syriac Aramaic
(various) languages; language group; language family
hybrid language; pidgin; hybrid word; portmanteau word
group of languages (i.e. the Romance languages, considered as a subset of the Italic languages); group of words
Slovakian (language); Slovak
Norse; Nordic languages (Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)
different word; another word
Uighur (language); Uigur; Uygur
Iranian (any member language of the Iranian language branch, esp. Farsi)
pejorative term; derogatory word; invective
language used by students; students' slang
Buddhist terminology; word related to Buddhism
Ancient Egyptian (language)
Marathi (language); Mahratti
Croat (language); Croatian
Chinese language (esp. as a college class)
Italian language (esp. as a school subject)
words; speech; expression
unknown language; unknown word
adult language; office jargon
language used in red-light districts during the Edo period
Hangul language (improper neologism for the Korean language)
Edo-period Kansai dialect
rare word; unusual word; strange word
Annamese (language); Vietnamese
Cebuano (language); Cebuan; Bisaya
Filipino (standardized Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines)
foul language; abusive language
independent word; free-standing Japanese language elements (not auxiliaries or particles)
whispering; murmuring; talking in a low voice
dependent word; auxiliaries and particles in Japanese
etymological dictionary; glossary; thesaurus; history of words
four-letter word (vulgar English term, e.g. fuck)
four-letter word (vulgar English term, e.g. fuck)
heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade
pidgin language; Pijin (language)
spoken language (as opposed to literary)
Ethiopic (language, languages)
Rhaeto-Romance (language)
Belarusian (language); Belorussian; Byelorussian; Belarussian
borrowed word; loanword; loan word
Japanese word constructed of elements from foreign languages
French language (esp. as a college class)
ancient language; ancient word; Old Japanese; Japanese as spoken from the end of the 6th century to the end of the Nara period
Kannada (language); Kanarese
Kannada (language); Kanarese
Kongo (language); Kikongo; Congolese
Ilokano (language); Ilocano
Late Middle Japanese; medieval Japanese; mediaeval Japanese
taboo word; forbidden word
sweet whispers of love; sweet nothings; lovers' whispers
Brazilian Portuguese; form of Portuguese spoken in Brazil
Chinese (language); Qiang (language)
hand signals; flag signals
Buddhist term; teaching of the Buddha; saying of the Buddha; words of the Buddha
mixed language; hybrid language; pidgin; word formed via contamination
hybrid term combining elements drawn from different languages
inflected language; fusional language
preface; editors note; postscript
speech mixing words from two 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
creole (pidgin that has become a mother tongue)
Aboriginal languages (of Australia)
elegant speech (esp. the use of the prefixes "o-" and "go-"); refined language; polite language
incorporating language; polysynthetic language
local language; local dialect
local language; local dialect
protolanguage; parent language; root word; word in the parent language
homonym that has a native Japanese reading
constituent negation; word negation
Tungusic language (esp. Evenki)
Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
Southern Min; Minnan; southern branch of Min Chinese
machine word; computer word
machine word; computer word
auxiliary inflecting word (in Japanese)
classification of Japanese words by their origin as Japanese, Chinese or Western
Kyōwa-go; Japanese-based pidgin language spoken in Manchukuo
Manchukuo dialect; Greater East Asian dialect
Punjabi (language); Panjabi
Punjabi (language); Panjabi
Slovenian (language); Slovene
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
Ladin (Rhaeto-Romanic dialect)
courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party)
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
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
Ottoman Turkish (language); Osmanli; Ottoman
Khmer (language); Cambodian
sister language; related language; cognate
Tswana (language); Setswana
Telugu (language); Telegu
Gujarati (language); Gujerati
Pashto (language); Pashtu
Pashto (language); Pashtu
Serbo-Croat (language); Serbo-Croatian
Rwandan (language); Kinyarwanda
psychomime; ideophone depicting mental state or sensation
German language (esp. as a college class)
Spanish language (esp. as a college class)
Spanish language (esp. as a college class)
superstratum; superstrate
Kapampangan (language); Pampangan (language)
Dzongkha (language); Bhutanese
Cebuano (language); Cebuan; Bisaya
baby talk (used in talking to young children)
private-sphere language; language used in every day life; dialect
Tigre (language); Tigrayit
living language; conjugated word
Ido (constructed language)
vernacularism; colloquialism
European Portuguese; form of Portuguese spoken in Portugal
mixed language spoken by Japanese Brazilians
Cia-Cia language; Butonese
Maldivian (language); Dhivehi
newly introduced word (e.g. in a textbook); new word (to learn); new vocabulary
babigo; language game of repeating each syllable with an initial "b"
etymology of a word; history of a word