Kanji1 / 14
語 kanji
word, speech, language
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ゴ
Kun readings
かたるかたらう
Words with 語
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —古語Populararchaic word; obsolete word; archaism; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
- —語気Populartone; manner of speaking
- —口語Popularspoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
- —死語Populardead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé
- —術語Populartechnical term; terminology; nomenclature
- —新語Popularnew word; neologism; newly coined word; recent coinage; newly introduced word (in a textbook); new word (to learn)
- —造語Popularcoinage; invention of a new word; coined word
- —俗語Popularcolloquialism; colloquial language; slang
- —仏語PopularFrench (language)
- —落語Popularrakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
- —和語PopularJapanese language; wago; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other loanwords)
- —私語Popularwhispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
- —英単語PopularEnglish word
- —外国語Popularforeign language
- —外来語Popularloanword (in Japanese, esp. one of Western origin); word of foreign origin
- —韓国語PopularKorean (language; esp. as spoken in South Korea)
- —共通語Popularcommon language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
- —中国語PopularChinese (language)
- —同義語Popularsynonym
- —日本語PopularJapanese (language)