げん
Meanings
Noun
1. word; remark; statement
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (116 in total)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
groundless rumor (rumour)
false charge; slander; defamation
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
dialect; provincialism
language
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
declaration; statement; assertion
insult
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
abusive language; violent language; wild words
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
speech and conduct; words and deeds
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
every word
colloquial language
crazy talk
falsehood
assertion; declaration; affirmation
declaration; statement
advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
previous remarks
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
discourse; expression of thoughts, ideas, etc.
single word; a few words; brief comment
declaration; proclamation; announcement
commitment; pledge; promise
falsehood; lie
every single word and phrase; each and every word
spell; curse; incantation
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
saying something many times
admonitory speech; words of admonition
cutting remark; biting (scathing, bitter) criticism; harsh words
other words
elegant words; refined diction
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
declaration; profession
commitment; pledge; promise
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
falsehood; lie
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
wise saying; famous saying
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
promptly
(good) advice
remark; statement; discourse
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
big talk; braggadocio
big talk; braggadocio
talking to oneself
brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
abusive language; foul language
boasting; bragging; talking big
speech and behaviour (behavior)
linguistics
silence
wise saying; maxim
wise saying
proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)
language; speech
being frank; going so far as to say
assertion; confirmation
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
to equivocate; to beat around the bush
talkativeness; verbosity; garrulity
tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)
foreword; preface
foreword; preface
unification of the written and spoken forms of a language
flattery
(a few) words; phrase; expression
many words
needless to say; it goes without saying that
comment; critical remark
reticence; taciturnity
foreword; preface; introduction
summary; contraction; verbal agreement
uninflected word
foreword; preface; prefatory note
eat one's words; break one's promises
declinable word; inflectable word
protest
pleonasm; redundancy; tautology; kanji compound in which the same character is repeated
urging; persuasion; declaration
responsibility for one's words
lots of words
summary; summarization; general remarks; abstract; epitome
common saying; slang; argot
pithy or short and witty remark; wisecrack
brief statement; summary
verbosity; redundancy
linguistics; philology
all talk, no action
words; speech; expression
conjunction
(logical) disjunction
to keep one's word
speech sound
chatter; useless words
prefatory words; epigraph
heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade
good words; wise saying
flowery words
preface; foreword
rude word; inappropriate word; coarse language
flirtation; seductive talk; erotic talk
Examples (2 in total)
It is foolish to take his word seriously.
"Jesus said—" "I don't care."