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おことば
Meanings
Noun
Honorific
1. (your) words; what you say; what you have said
Yes, I will take you up on your offer.
2. a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
We will now hear a few words of congratulations.
Alt. forms
お言こと葉ば
91%
おことば
5%
御お言こと葉ば
3%
Pitch accent
お
ことば
Top 36900
Used in: 107
Composed of
honorific/polite/humble prefix
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
with all due respect, but...; I don't mean to talk back, but...
Examples (9 in total)
Thank you for your warm words.
Yeah, I'll take you up on that.
Thank you for your kind words, which are more than I deserve.
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