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1 exact word match found in search '言葉'
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noun
1. language; dialect  (see also: 言語)
2. word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark  (see also: 単語)
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39 words found beginning with '言葉'
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Most common form: 辞典
noun
dictionary
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Most common form: 言葉使い
speech; expression; wording; language
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expression, 'mu' godan verb
1. to choke up; to be speechless  (idiomatic expression)
2. to hold one's tongue  (idiomatic expression)
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expression, noun
large number of words; sea of words  (idiomatic expression)
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expression, 'bu' godan verb
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
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expression, 'su' godan verb
1. to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words
2. to leave some things unsaid
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expression, 'su' godan verb
1. to reply; to respond; to answer
2. to talk back; to retort
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expression, 'mu' godan verb
to cut in; to butt in  (idiomatic expression)
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Most common form: ことば足らず
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
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expression, 'gu' godan verb
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words  (poetical term)
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29 words found containing '言葉' in any position
expression, 'i' adjective
at a loss for words; stumped for words
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noun
sa-added word (i.e. causative forms with an extra 'sa' like 'ikasaseru' for 'iku')  (linguistics terminology)
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noun
1. mother tongue (from the island where one was raised)  (often written with kana only; regional dialect: Ryuukyuu-ben)
2. Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)  (often written with kana only; regional dialect: Ryuukyuu-ben)
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noun
textspeak; texting language; typed language; abbreviated language and slang commonly used in text messages, email, etc.
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to put into words; to give expression (to); to state
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expression
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...  (used to express disagreement; polite (teineigo) language)
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noun
teyo-dawa speech; mid-Meiji period schoolgirl slang in which sentence-end particles "teyo" and "dawa" were used prominently
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expression, ichidan verb
to say too much; to go too far
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expression
words betray one's character  (proverb)
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noun
island language; island dialect
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