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