言葉（ことば）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 3)
Meaning: word / language
Example sentences
- 難しい言葉の意味を辞書で調べる。 — I look up the meaning of difficult words in a dictionary.
- やさしい言葉でゆっくり説明する。 — I explain slowly using simple words.
Idioms & proverbs containing “言葉”
- 言葉は身の文 (ことばはみのあや) — words betray one's character
- 言葉の海 (ことばのうみ) — large number of words; sea of words
- 言葉を濁す (ことばをにごす) — to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
- 言葉を失う (ことばをうしなう) — to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
- 言葉を呑む (ことばをのむ) — to choke up; to be speechless
- 言葉を挟む (ことばをはさむ) — to cut in; to butt in
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “言葉” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)