語 meaning'word, speech, language'
 onyomiゴ
 kunyomiかた.る, かた.らう
termpronunciationEnglish
語るかた・る、かた・らうword, to discuss
言語学げんごがくlinguistics
日本語にほんごJapanese language
英語えいごEnglish language
中国語ちゅうごくごChinese language
物語ものがたりa story
言語言語language
主語しゅごsubject
単語たんごword
目的語もくてきごobject
語彙ごいvocabulary
~語~ごword, language (suffix)
敬語けいごhonorific, term of respect
語学ごがくlanguage study
国語こくごnational language
物語るものがたるto tell, to indicate
用語ようごterm, terminology
述語じゅつごpredicate
丁寧語ていねいごpolite language (i.e. masu, desu, etc.)
仏語ふつごFrench (language)
伊語いごItalian (language)
俗語ぞくごcolloquialism, colloquial language
勅語ちょくごimperial rescript
外国語がいこくごforeign language
夢物語ゆめものがたりaccount of a dream, empty dream, fantastic story
季語きごseasonal word (in haiku)
標語ひょうごmotto, slogan, catchword
機械語きかいごmachine language, machine word, computer word
欧米諸言語おうべいしょげんごthe languages of Europe and America
比較言語学ひかくげんごがくcomparative linguistics
漢語かんごChinese word, Sino-Japanese word
熟語じゅくごkanji compound; idiom, idiomatic phrase
片言隻語へんげんせきご(not even) a few words
琉球語りゅうきゅうごRyukyuan languages
矛盾語法むじゅんごほうoxymoron
英語基礎能力試験えいごきそのうりょくしけんEnglish Language Proficiency Test, TOEFL
英語塾えいごじゅくprivate school for the study of English
落語らくごrakugo story, (telling) a comic story
蛮語ばんごlanguage of the barbarians
語らうかたらうto talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with
語りかたりtalking
語句ごくwords, phrases
語呂ごろsound (of a sentence), euphony
語呂合わせごろあわせrhyming game, play on words, pun
語尾ごび(inflected) end of a word
語弊ごへいfaulty expression
謙譲語けんじょうごhumble language (e.g. itadaku)
謙遜語けんそんごhumble language
豪語ごうごboasting, bombast
逐語訳ちくごやくliteral translation
隠語いんごsecret language, jargon, cant; humbug
隻語せきごjust a few words
韻語いんごrhyme in a Chinese poem
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