Kanji1 / 14
語 kanji
word, speech, language
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ゴ
Kun readings
かたるかたらう
Words with 語
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —語原origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
- —語路sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
- —語いvocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
- —國語national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
- —蕃語language spoken by the Emishi; languages spoken by the nanban during the Edo Period (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch); foreign language
- —鄙語vulgar word; vulgar expression; vulgarism; profanity; swear word
- —佛語French (language)
- —ロ語Russian (language)
- —倭語Japanese language; wago; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other loanwords)
- —里語dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
- —剰語verbiage; wordiness; tautology; blabber; chatter; unnecessary talk
- —蜚語baseless rumor; baseless rumour; gossip; false report
- —語誌etymological dictionary; glossary; thesaurus; history of words
- —語志etymological dictionary; glossary; thesaurus; history of words
- —泰語Thai (language)
- —鞄語portmanteau word
- —イ語Yi language
- —ポ語Portuguese (language)
- —間語talking quietly; quiet conversation; idle talk
- —ラ語Latin (language)