Words tagged “language”

愛称(あいしょう)あいしょうpet name, nickname 当(あ)て字(じ)あてじphonetic kanji substitution 意(い)いintention; will; meaning 言(い)い換(か)えいいかえparaphrase; rewording 言(い)い換(か)えればいいかえればin other words; to put it another way 言(い)い様(よう)いいようway of saying; wording; manner of expression いかにしていかにしてhow; by what means; in what way 異体字(いたいじ)いたいじvariant character; alternate kanji form 一文(いちぶん)いちぶんsingle sentence; one sentence 意訳(いやく)いやくfree translation; liberal translation イントネーションいんとねーしょんintonation; speech melody; pitch pattern 引用符(いんようふ)いんようふquotation marks; quote marks 引用文(いんようぶん)いんようぶんa quotation; quoted passage; cited text 受(う)け身(み)うけみpassive; defensive; passive voice 打(う)ち消(け)しうちけしnegation; denial; cancellation 英字(えいじ)えいじRoman letters; Latin alphabet characters 英和辞典(えいわじてん)えいわじてんEnglish-Japanese dictionary 駅名(えきめい)えきめいstation name 婉曲(えんきょく)えんきょくeuphemistic; indirect; roundabout 応答(おうとう)おうとうresponse, reply, answer 大阪弁(おおさかべん)おおさかべんOsaka dialect 大文字(おおもじ)おおもじuppercase letter; capital letter 置(お)き換(か)えるおきかえるto replace; to substitute; to rephrase お茶(ちゃ)を濁(にご)すおちゃをにごすto give a vague answer; to gloss over; to evade the issue 仰(おっしゃ)る通(とお)りおっしゃるとおりjust as you say; exactly right オノマトペおのまとぺonomatopoeia; sound symbolism 音数(おんすう)おんすうnumber of morae; syllable count 音読(おんどく)おんどくreading aloud; oral reading 音読(おんよ)みおんよみon'yomi, Chinese reading of kanji

楷書(かいしょ)かいしょblock script, regular script 会話力(かいわりょく)かいわりょくconversational ability; conversation skills 係助詞(かかりじょし)かかりじょしbinding particle; focus particle 書(か)き写(うつ)すかきうつすto copy down; to transcribe 書(か)き下(くだ)し文(ぶん)かきくだしぶんJapanese rendering of classical Chinese text (kanbun) 書(か)き言葉(ことば)かきことばwritten language; written word 書(か)き順(じゅん)かきじゅんstroke order (of a character) 書(か)き損(そこ)ねるかきそこねるto fail to write; to make a mistake in writing 書(か)き出(だ)しかきだしopening sentence; beginning of a piece of writing 書(か)き抜(ぬ)くかきぬくto extract (by writing); to copy out; to transcribe selectively 書(か)き間違(まちが)いかきまちがいwriting mistake; typo 鍵語(かぎご)かぎごkeyword; key word; key term 角括弧(かくかっこ)かくかっこsquare brackets [ ] 格言(かくげん)かくげんaphorism; maxim; proverb 格助詞(かくじょし)かくじょしcase particle; case-marking particle 過去形(かこけい)かこけいpast tense (form) 箇条書(かじょうが)きかじょうがきbulleted list; itemized form 片仮名(かたかな)かたかなkatakana 片言(かたこと)かたことbroken speech, few words of a language 括弧(かっこ)かっこparentheses; brackets 括弧(かっこ)書(が)きかっこがきparenthetical note; text in brackets; annotation in parentheses 仮定形(かていけい)かていけいhypothetical form 仮名(かな)かなkana (Japanese syllabary) 漢語(かんご)かんごSino-Japanese word, kango 関西弁(かんさいべん)かんさいべんKansai dialect 漢字(かんじ)かんじkanji, Chinese characters 簡体字(かんたいじ)かんたいじsimplified Chinese character 感嘆詞(かんたんし)かんたんしinterjection; exclamation (grammar) 間投詞(かんとうし)かんとうしinterjection (part of speech) 関東弁(かんとうべん)かんとうべんKanto dialect 広東語(かんとんご)かんとんごCantonese (language) 感動詞(かんどうし)かんどうしinterjection (part of speech) 漢文(かんぶん)かんぶんclassical Chinese writing, kanbun 慣用(かんよう)かんようcommon usage, convention 慣用句(かんようく)かんようくidiom, idiomatic phrase 慣用語(かんようご)かんようごidiom; idiomatic expression 完了形(かんりょうけい)かんりょうけいperfect tense; perfect form 学習漢字(がくしゅうかんじ)がくしゅうかんじkanji taught in elementary school 含蓄(がんちく)がんちくimplication; depth of meaning; suggestiveness 聞(き)き取(と)りききとりlistening comprehension; hearing; interview きへんきへんtree radical (木); the left-hand "tree" radical in kanji 決(き)まり文句(もんく)きまりもんくset phrase; stock phrase; cliché キャッチコピーきゃっちこぴーadvertising slogan, catchphrase キャッチフレーズきゃっちふれーずcatchphrase; slogan; tagline 教育漢字(きょういくかんじ)きょういくかんじkanji taught in elementary school 共通語(きょうつうご)きょうつうごcommon language; standard Japanese 京都弁(きょうとべん)きょうとべんKyoto dialect 金言(きんげん)きんげんwise saying; maxim; golden words 擬音(ぎおん)ぎおんonomatopoeia, sound effect 擬音語(ぎおんご)ぎおんごonomatopoeia; sound-symbolic word 擬声語(ぎせいご)ぎせいごonomatopoeia (words imitating sounds) 擬態語(ぎたいご)ぎたいごmimetic word; phenomime; ideophone for states and conditions 疑問形(ぎもんけい)ぎもんけいinterrogative form; question form 疑問符(ぎもんふ)ぎもんふquestion mark 行書(ぎょうしょ)ぎょうしょsemi-cursive script (calligraphy style) 句読点(くとうてん)くとうてんpunctuation marks 訓読(くんどく)くんどくkun reading; reading kanji by native Japanese meaning; reading classical Chinese in Japanese word order 警句(けいく)けいくepigram; aphorism; witty remark 形態素(けいたいそ)けいたいそmorpheme 謙譲語(けんじょうご)けんじょうごhumble language; humble speech 芸名(げいめい)げいめいstage name; professional name 原語(げんご)げんごoriginal language; original word; source language 言語化(げんごか)げんごかverbalization; putting into words 言語学(げんごがく)げんごがくlinguistics 言語能力(げんごのうりょく)げんごのうりょくlanguage ability; linguistic competence 幻想文学(げんそうぶんがく)げんそうぶんがくfantasy literature; fantastic literature 現代詩(げんだいし)げんだいしmodern poetry; contemporary free verse 原文(げんぶん)げんぶんoriginal text; the original 校閲(こうえつ)こうえつproofreading; review; editing for accuracy 口語(こうご)こうごspoken language, colloquial language 肯定形(こうていけい)こうていけいaffirmative form; positive form 構文(こうぶん)こうぶんsyntax; sentence structure; construction 国語辞典(こくごじてん)こくごじてんJapanese dictionary (Japanese-Japanese) 国語力こくごりょくJapanese language ability; native-language skills 古語(こご)こごarchaic word; classical language 故事(こじ)こじhistorical anecdote, old story, legend 故事成語(こじせいご)こじせいごidiom from a historical story; historical proverb 言葉遊(ことばあそ)びことばあそびwordplay; word game; play on words 古文(こぶん)こぶんclassical Japanese; ancient writing 語彙力(ごいりょく)ごいりょくvocabulary ability, vocabulary power 語学力ごがくりょくlanguage ability; foreign-language proficiency 語義(ごぎ)ごぎword meaning; sense of a word 五七調(ごしっちょう)ごしっちょうfive-seven meter; 5-7 syllable rhythm 誤植(ごしょく)ごしょくmisprint; typo; typographical error 五段(ごだん)ごだんfifth dan (rank); godan verb (Japanese grammar) 語調(ごちょう)ごちょうtone of voice; tone of speech 誤変換(ごへんかん)ごへんかんincorrect kanji conversion; typo from input method 語法(ごほう)ごほうdiction; phrasing; usage

索引語(さくいんご)さくいんごindex term; index word; keyword さんずいさんずいwater radical (氵) さん付(づ)けさんづけusing -san (honorific); addressing someone with -san 使役(しえき)しえきemployment; putting to work; causative (grammar) 死語(しご)しごdead word; obsolete word; dead language 洒落(しゃれ)たしゃれたstylish; chic; smart; witty 終止形(しゅうしけい)しゅうしけいterminal form; conclusive form; dictionary form (of a Japanese verb or adjective) 終止符(しゅうしふ)しゅうしふperiod; full stop; end 修飾語(しゅうしょくご)しゅうしょくごmodifier (grammar) 修正(しゅうせい)するしゅうせいするto correct; to revise; to amend 出現頻度(しゅつげんひんど)しゅつげんひんどfrequency of occurrence; appearance frequency 章(しょう)しょうchapter; badge, medal 緒言(しょげん)しょげんpreface; foreword (formal) 進行形(しんこうけい)しんこうけいprogressive form; ongoing 新語(しんご)しんごnew word; neologism; coinage 辛辣(しんらつ)しんらつharsh; scathing; biting 字(じ)じletter, character 字音(じおん)じおんSino-Japanese (on) reading of a kanji 直筆(じきひつ)じきひつone's own handwriting; autograph 字句(じく)じくwording, phrasing, language 自己紹介(じこしょうかい)じこしょうかいself-introduction 字数(じすう)じすうnumber of characters; character count 時制(じせい)じせいtense (grammatical) 事典(じてん)じてんencyclopedia; subject dictionary 自動詞(じどうし)じどうしintransitive verb 重箱読(じゅうばこよ)みじゅうばこよみon'yomi + kun'yomi reading of a kanji compound 重要語(じゅうようご)じゅうようごkey word; important term 熟字訓(じゅくじくん)じゅくじくんspecial kanji compound reading; semantic kanji reading 術語(じゅつご)じゅつごtechnical term; terminology 受動態(じゅどうたい)じゅどうたいpassive voice (grammar) 上述(じょうじゅつ)じょうじゅつmentioned above; as stated above; aforementioned 冗長(じょうちょう)じょうちょうredundant; verbose; long-winded 常用漢字(じょうようかんじ)じょうようかんじregular-use kanji; standard kanji list 序章(じょしょう)じょしょうprologue, opening chapter 女子力(じょしりょく)じょしりょく"girl power"; feminine charm and skills 序説(じょせつ)じょせつintroduction; introductory treatise; prolegomena 人名(じんめい)じんめいperson's name; personal name 人名用漢字(じんめいようかんじ)じんめいようかんじkanji approved for use in personal names 推敲(すいこう)すいこうpolishing (of writing); careful revision スペイン語(ご)すぺいんごSpanish language; Spanish 清音(せいおん)せいおんvoiceless sound; clear sound (in Japanese phonetics) 成句(せいく)せいくset phrase; idiomatic expression; proverb 成語(せいご)せいごset phrase; idiom; established expression 正式名称(せいしきめいしょう)せいしきめいしょうofficial name; formal name; full official designation 正字(せいじ)せいじstandard character form; orthodox kanji 接頭辞(せっとうじ)せっとうじprefix 節(せつ)せつsection; season; occasion; moderation 接尾辞(せつびじ)せつびじsuffix 専門用語(せんもんようご)せんもんようごtechnical term; jargon 前記(ぜんき)ぜんきaforementioned; above-mentioned; previously stated 草稿(そうこう)そうこうdraft; manuscript; rough copy 草書(そうしょ)そうしょcursive script (calligraphy style) 総称(そうしょう)そうしょうgeneral term, generic name 速読(そくどく)そくどくspeed reading 空言(そらごと)そらごとempty words; falsehood; lie 尊敬語(そんけいご)そんけいごhonorific language; respectful speech 造語(ぞうご)ぞうごcoined word; neologism; coinage 俗(ぞく)ぞくthe secular world; vulgarity; colloquial usage 俗語(ぞくご)ぞくごslang; colloquial language

対義語(たいぎご)たいぎごantonym; opposite word 縦書(たてが)きたてがきvertical writing 縦線(たてせん)たてせんvertical line 例(たと)え話(ばなし)たとえばなしparable; allegory; illustrative story タメ口(ぐち)ためぐちcasual speech; informal language ため口(ぐち)ためぐちcasual speech, informal language タメ語(ご)ためごcasual speech, informal language 短縮形(たんしゅくけい)たんしゅくけいshortened form; contraction; abbreviation 短文(たんぶん)たんぶんshort sentence; short passage 第一言語(だいいちげんご)だいいちげんごfirst language; native language 第二言語(だいにげんご)だいにげんごsecond language 濁音(だくおん)だくおんvoiced sound; voiced kana 濁点(だくてん)だくてんdakuten; voicing mark 蛇足(だそく)だそくsuperfluous addition; something unnecessary 注記(ちゅうき)ちゅうきnote; annotation; explanatory remark 中国語(ちゅうごくご)ちゅうごくごChinese language 注釈(ちゅうしゃく)ちゅうしゃくannotation, commentary, notes 長文(ちょうぶん)ちょうぶんa long passage of text; a long message 陳腐(ちんぷ)ちんぷstale; clichéd; hackneyed; trite 通称(つうしょう)つうしょうcommon name; popular name; alias 通読(つうどく)つうどくreading through; reading from cover to cover 旁(つくり)つくりright-hand component of a kanji; tsukuri 定型句(ていけいく)ていけいくset phrase; fixed expression; stock phrase 定型表現(ていけいひょうげん)ていけいひょうげんfixed expression; set phrase 訂正(ていせい)ていせいcorrection; revision 丁寧語(ていねいご)ていねいごpolite language; polite speech 典故(てんこ)てんこclassical allusion; literary reference 添削(てんさく)てんさくcorrection, editing, proofreading 問(と)いかけるといかけるto pose a question; to question; to ask 読点(とうてん)とうてんcomma (Japanese punctuation) 飛(と)ばし読(よ)みとばしよみskimming; skipping through (while reading) 取(と)り消(け)し線(せん)とりけしせんstrikethrough (line) ドイツ語(ご)どいつごGerman; the German language 同義語(どうぎご)どうぎごsynonym; word with the same meaning 導入部(どうにゅうぶ)どうにゅうぶintroduction; opening section

中黒(なかぐろ)なかぐろinterpunct; middle dot (・) 謎(なぞ)かけなぞかけriddle; word puzzle; lateral-thinking puzzle なぞらえるなぞらえるto liken, to compare to 名付(なづ)けるなづけるto name; to give a name to 鍋蓋(なべぶた)なべぶたpot lid; saucepan lid 名前(なまえ)なまえname 訛(なま)りなまりaccent; dialect influence; regional speech pattern 日英(にちえい)にちえいJapanese-English; Japan and Britain 二人称(ににんしょう)ににんしょうsecond person (grammatical) にんべんにんべんperson radical (亻); the left-hand "person" radical in kanji 熱弁(ねつべん)ねつべんpassionate speech, impassioned argument

はじめにはじめにto begin with; first of all; Introduction (section heading) 派生(はせい)はせいderivation, derivative 派生語(はせいご)はせいごderived word; derivative (linguistics) 撥音(はつおん)はつおんnasal sound; the syllabic 'n' (ん) in Japanese 発話(はつわ)はつわutterance; speech; speaking (the act of producing speech) 話(はな)し言葉(ことば)はなしことばspoken language, colloquial language 早口言葉(はやくちことば)はやくちことばtongue twister 反意語(はんいご)はんいごantonym; word with opposite meaning 反対語(はんたいご)はんたいごantonym; opposite word 繁体字(はんたいじ)はんたいじtraditional Chinese character 半濁音(はんだくおん)はんだくおんsemi-voiced sound; p-sounds in Japanese 被修飾語(ひしゅうしょくご)ひしゅうしょくごmodified word; head word (the word that a modifier modifies) 筆記体(ひっきたい)ひっきたいcursive script; cursive writing 筆跡(ひっせき)ひっせきhandwriting 筆順(ひつじゅん)ひつじゅんstroke order 否定文(ひていぶん)ひていぶんnegative sentence 比喩(ひゆ)するひゆするto use a metaphor; to liken; to compare figuratively 表(ひょう)ひょうtable; chart; list 表外漢字(ひょうがいかんじ)ひょうがいかんじkanji outside the standard list 標語(ひょうご)ひょうごslogan; motto; catchphrase 品詞(ひんし)ひんしpart of speech; word class 美化語(びかご)びかごbeautifying language; polite prefix words 描写(びょうしゃ)するびょうしゃするto depict; to describe; to portray 風刺(ふうし)ふうしsatire; irony フォントふぉんとfont; typeface 副助詞(ふくじょし)ふくじょしadverbial particle, delimiting particle 複文(ふくぶん)ふくぶんcomplex sentence (grammar) 普通語(ふつうご)ふつうごstandard language; common speech 筆先(ふでさき)ふでさきtip of a brush; writing style フランス語(ご)ふらんすごFrench language フレーズふれーずphrase; expression; musical phrase 文(ぶん)ぶんsentence; portion, share 文語(ぶんご)ぶんごliterary language, classical Japanese 文体(ぶんたい)ぶんたいwriting style, literary style 文法書(ぶんぽうしょ)ぶんぽうしょgrammar book; grammar reference 文法的(ぶんぽうてき)ぶんぽうてきgrammatical; relating to grammar 文例(ぶんれい)ぶんれいmodel sentence; sample text 平易(へいい)へいいplain; easy to understand 平明(へいめい)へいめいplain; clear; easy to understand 偏(へん)へんleft-side component of a kanji; radical 別名(べつめい)べつめいalias, another name 補語(ほご)ほごcomplement (grammar) 補足(ほそく)ほそくsupplement; addition; supplementary information 翻訳者(ほんやくしゃ)ほんやくしゃtranslator 本論(ほんろん)ほんろんmain argument; main discussion; the body (of a discourse) 母音(ぼいん)ぼいんvowel 某(ぼう)ぼうa certain; so-and-so 傍線(ぼうせん)ぼうせんemphasis line drawn beside text; (in horizontal writing) underline 傍線部(ぼうせんぶ)ぼうせんぶthe marked passage; the underlined part 傍点(ぼうてん)ぼうてんemphasis dots; side dots (used in Japanese text for emphasis) 母語(ぼご)ぼごmother tongue, native language ポルトガル語(ご)ぽるとがるごPortuguese language

枚挙(まいきょ)まいきょenumeration, listing one by one 摩擦音(まさつおん)まさつおんfricative (sound); fricative consonant 丸括弧(まるかっこ)まるかっこparentheses; round brackets ( ) 未然形(みぜんけい)みぜんけいirrealis form; imperfective form (of a Japanese verb or adjective) 見出(みだ)し語(ご)みだしごheadword; entry word; lemma 無声音(むせいおん)むせいおんvoiceless sound; voiceless consonant 名言(めいげん)めいげんfamous saying; wise words; memorable quote 名称(めいしょう)めいしょうname, title, designation 命名(めいめい)めいめいnaming, christening 命名法(めいめいほう)めいめいほうnaming convention; nomenclature 命令形(めいれいけい)めいれいけいimperative form; command form 命令文(めいれいぶん)めいれいぶんimperative sentence; command sentence (grammar) 目的語(もくてきご)もくてきごobject (grammar); direct object 文字数(もじすう)もじすうcharacter count; number of characters 物言(ものい)いものいいway of speaking; objection

訳(やく)やくtranslation 有声音(ゆうせいおん)ゆうせいおんvoiced sound; voiced consonant 湯桶読(ゆとうよ)みゆとうよみkun'yomi + on'yomi compound reading 拗音(ようおん)ようおんcontracted sound; palatalized syllable (e.g., きゃ, しゅ, ちょ) 用語集(ようごしゅう)ようごしゅうglossary; terminology list 幼児語(ようじご)ようじごbaby talk; child language 呼(よ)び捨(す)てよびすてcalling someone by name without an honorific 読(よ)み返(かえ)すよみかえすto reread; to read again 読(よ)み取(と)りよみとりreading; interpretation; scanning

略(りゃく)りゃくabbreviation; omission 略語(りゃくご)りゃくごabbreviation; acronym 流暢(りゅうちょう)りゅうちょうfluent; flowing; eloquent ルビるびruby text; furigana; reading aid above kanji 連体形(れんたいけい)れんたいけいattributive form; adnominal form (of a Japanese verb or adjective) 連用形(れんようけい)れんようけいcontinuative form; masu-stem 論旨(ろんし)ろんしthe point of an argument; the gist; the main thrust 論点(ろんてん)ろんてんpoint of argument; issue at stake ローマ字入力(じにゅうりょく)ろーまじにゅうりょくromaji input (method of typing Japanese using the Latin alphabet)

和英辞典(わえいじてん)わえいじてんJapanese-English dictionary 和語(わご)わごnative Japanese word; yamato kotoba 和字(わじ)わじJapanese-made characters; kokuji; kana 和製英語(わせいえいご)わせいえいごJapanese-coined English; pseudo-English 和文(わぶん)わぶんJapanese text; writing in Japanese 和文英訳(わぶんえいやく)わぶんえいやくJapanese-to-English translation 話法(わほう)わほうnarration style; speech mode 和訳(わやく)わやくJapanese translation 悪口(わるぐち)わるぐちinsult, bad-mouthing, slander ワードわーどword; term; keyword