Kanji1 / 7
言 kanji
say, word
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ゲンゴン
Kun readings
いうこと
Words with 言
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —言泉Gensen (Japanese dictionary; publ. 1921-29)
- —弄言playing with words; frivolous speech; flippant remarks; glib talk; verbosity
- —間狂言kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)
- —禁反言estoppel
- —言語学linguistics
- —切狂言last piece in a kabuki programme
- —代言者advocate
- —代言人attorney; lawyer
- —内祝言private wedding
- —能狂言noh farce; noh interlude
- —預言者prophet; predictor; prognosticator
- —一家言private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
- —助言者adviser; advisor; counsellor; counselor
- —宣言書(written) declaration
- —発言力forcefulness of speech; influential voice
- —発言者speaker
- —百万言saying something many times
- —俄狂言impromptu skit; (theatrical) farce; extravaganza
- —言行録record of a person's words and deeds
- —宣言的declarative