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Today's Kanji -- October 16, 2019
言
- on reading:
- ゲン ゴン
- kun reading:
- いう こと
- meaning(s):
- say
Stroke Order Diagram
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Compounds
| 悪言 | あくげん | uncomplimentary remarks; slander |
| 悪口雑言 | あっこうぞうごん | all kinds of malicious gossip |
| 遺言 | ゆいごん | will; testament; last request |
| 一家言 | いっかげん | private opinion; personal view; personal opinion |
| 一家言 | いっかごと | private opinion; personal view; personal opinion |
| 一言 | いちげん | single word |
| 一言 | いちごん | single word |
| 一言 | ひとこと | single word |
| 一言二言 | ひとことふたこと | a word or two |
| 迂言 | うげん | roundabout explanation |
| 怨み言 | うらみごと | reproach; grudge |
| 怨言 | うらみごと | grudge; complaint |
| 怨言 | えんげん | grudge; complaint |
| 仮言 | かげん | reticence |
| 佳言 | かげん | good words |
| 嘉言 | かげん | wise saying |
| 寡言 | かげん | reticence; taciturnity |
| 華言 | かげん | flowery words |
| 過言 | かごん | exaggeration; saying too much |
| 俄狂言 | にわかきょうげん | impromptu skit; (theatrical) farce |
| 雅言 | がげん | elegant words; refined diction |
| 絵空言 | えそらごと | a fabrication; pipe dream |
| 格言 | かくげん | aphorism |
| 確言 | かくげん | assertion; confirmation |
| 巻頭言 | かんとうげん | foreword; preface; prefatory note |
| 換言 | かんげん | in other words |
| 甘言 | かんげん | cajolery |
| 間狂言 | あいきょうげん | comic interlude (in Noh) |
| 偽言 | ぎげん | falsehood |
| 戯れ言 | ざれごと | a joke |
| 戯言 | ぎげん | nonsense; silly things; joke |
| 戯言 | ざれごと | nonsense; silly things; joke |
| 戯言 | たわごと | nonsense; silly things; joke |
| 泣き言 | なきごと | complaint |
| 虚言 | きょげん | falsehood |
| 共産党宣言 | きょうさんとうせんげん | The Communist Manifesto |
| 共同宣言 | きょうどうせんげん | joint declaration |
| 狂言 | きょうげん | play; drama; make-believe |
| 極言 | きょくげん | be frank, go so far as to say |
| 禁反言 | きんはんげん | estoppel (patents) |
| 謹言 | きんげん | Yours Sincerely... |
| 金言 | きんげん | wise saying; maxim |
| 苦言 | くげん | candid (frank) advice; exhortation |
| 空言 | くうげん | falsehood; lie |
| 空言 | そらごと | falsehood; lie |
| 寓言 | ぐうげん | allegory; fable |
| 繰り言 | くりごと | tedious talk; repetition; complaint |
| 繰言 | くりごと | tedious talk; repetition; complaint |
| 結言 | けつげん | summary; wrap-up |
| 建言 | けんげん | right to speak; offering one's opinion to one's superior; proposal |
| 献言 | けんげん | right to speak; offering one's opinion to one's superior; proposal |
| 言いつける | いいつける | to tell; to tell on (someone); to order; to charge; to direct |
| 言いなり | いいなり | doing as one is told; yes man |
| 言いなりに | いいなりに | exactly as said |
| 言い違える | いいちがえる | to say by mistake; to make a slip of the tongue |
| 言い過ぎる | いいすぎる | to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate |
| 言い過ごす | いいすごす | to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate |
| 言い回し | いいまわし | expression; phraseology |
| 言い改める | いいあらためる | to correct oneself |
| 言い開き | いいひらき | explanation; justification; vindication |
| 言い開く | いいひらく | to justify; to explain; to vindicate |
| 言い掛かり | いいがかり | false accusation; pretext; commitment |
| 言い掛けて止める | いいかけてやめる | to stop in the middle of a sentence |
| 言い掛ける | いいかける | to begin speaking; to start to say; to stop in mid-sentence |
| 言い換え | いいかえ | putting in other words |
| 言い換える | いいかえる | to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword |
| 言い丸める | いいまるめる | to do sweet-talk |
| 言い含める | いいふくめる | to give detailed instructions |
| 言い寄る | いいよる | to court; to woo; to approach defiantly |
| 言い及ぶ | いいおよぶ | to refer to; to mention (e.g. theme) |
| 言い継ぐ | いいつぐ | to transmit by word of mouth |
| 言い兼ねる | いいかねる | to find it hard to say |
| 言い捲る | いいまくる | to talk volubly |
| 言い遣る | いいやる | to send word |
| 言い古した言葉 | いいふるしたことば | hackneyed saying |
| 言い古す | いいふるす | to say repeatedly or proverbially |
| 言い誤る | いいあやまる | to say by mistake; to make a slip of the tongue |
| 言い交す | いいかわす | to have a chat with; to promise; to get engaged |
| 言い交わす | いいかわす | to exchange words or promises; to promise |
| 言い甲斐 | いいがい | worth mentioning |
| 言い合い | いいあい | quarrel; dispute |
| 言い合う | いいあう | to quarrel |
| 言い合わせる | いいあわせる | to agree in advance |
| 言い込める | いいこめる | to talk down; to argue down |
| 言い散らす | いいちらす | to spread (a report) |
| 言い残す | いいのこす | to leave word with (a person); to state in ones will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention |
| 言い止す | いいさす | to break off (in middle of sentence) |
| 言い捨てる | いいすてる | to say (something) over one's shoulder |
| 言い種 | いいぐさ | one's words or remarks; an excuse |
| 言い習わし | いいならわし | idiom; set phrase; habit of speech |
| 言い習わす | いいならわす | to be handed down; to have a habit of saying |
| 言い渋る | いいしぶる | to hesitate to say |
| 言い出しっぺ | いいだしっぺ | the one who brought it up; the one who calls attention to a fart is in fact the farter; the one who brings up a subject must be the first to act upon it |
| 言い出しっ屁 | いいだしっぺ | the one who brought it up; the one who calls attention to a fart is in fact the farter; the one who brings up a subject must be the first to act upon it |
| 言い出す | いいだす | to start talking; to speak; to tell; to propose; to suggest; to break the ice |
| 言い条 | いいじょう | an excuse; however; nonetheless |
| 言い触らす | いいふらす | to spread a rumor; to talk about |
| 言い振り | いいぶり | manner of speaking |
| 言い尽くす | いいつくす | to tell all; to give a full account |
| 言い成り | いいなり | doing as one is told; yes man |
| 言い成り放題 | いいなりほうだい | completely submissive to another person |
| 言い切る | いいきる | to declare; to assert; to state definitively |
| 言い繕う | いいつくろう | to gloss over |
| 言い争い | いいあらそい | a quarrel; argument |
| 言い争う | いいあらそう | to quarrel; to dispute |
| 言い草 | いいぐさ | remarks; comments |
| 言い送る | いいおくる | to send a message; to write to |
| 言い足す | いいたす | to add; to say something additional |
| 言い損なう | いいそこなう | to say by mistake; to make a slip of the tongue |
| 言い替え | いいかえ | putting in other words |
| 言い替える | いいかえる | to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword |
| 言い替えるなら | いいかえるなら | if we put this another way; in other words |
| 言い値 | いいね | the asking price |
| 言い知れぬ | いいしれぬ | indescribable; inexpressible |
| 言い置く | いいおく | to leave word; to leave a message |
| 言い張る | いいはる | to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying |
| 言い直す | いいなおす | to correct oneself; to restate |
| 言い通す | いいとおす | to persist in saying |
| 言い伝え | いいつたえ | tradition; legend |
| 言い伝える | いいつたえる | to send word |
| 言い渡し | いいわたし | sentence; judgment; pronouncement; order; command |
| 言い渡す | いいわたす | to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order |
| 言い当てる | いいあてる | to guess right |
| 言い逃れ | いいのがれ | evasion; an excuse |
| 言い逃れる | いいのがれる | to explain away; to talk one's way out of |
| 言い難い | いいがたい | hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say |
| 言い難い | いいにくい | hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say |
| 言い破る | いいやぶる | to argue down; to confute |
| 言い抜け | いいぬけ | evasion; an excuse |
| 言い抜ける | いいぬける | to explain away; to answer evasively |
| 言い表す | いいあらわす | to express |
| 言い表わす | いいあらわす | to express |
| 言い付かる | いいつかる | to be ordered |
| 言い付ける | いいつける | to tell; to tell on (someone); to order; to charge; to direct |
| 言い負かす | いいまかす | to talk (a person) down; to confute |
| 言い伏せる | いいふせる | to argue down |
| 言い分 | いいぶん | one's say; one's point; complaint; excuse |
| 言い紛らす | いいまぎらす | to equivocate |
| 言い聞かす | いいきかす | to tell someone to do something; to warm; to persuade; to instruct |
| 言い聞かせる | いいきかせる | to tell someone to do something; to warn; to persuade; to instruct |
| 言い返す | いいかえす | to repeat; to talk back; to answer back |
| 言い募る | いいつのる | to argue vehemently |
| 言い暮らす | いいくらす | to pass the time talking |
| 言い放つ | いいはなつ | to declare |
| 言い方 | いいかた | speaking style |
| 言い訳 | いいわけ | excuse; explanation |
| 言い訳が立たない | いいわけがたたない | admit no excuse |
| 言い様 | いいよう | manner of speaking |
| 言い淀む | いいよどむ | to hesitate to say |
| 言い落す | いいおとす | to omit; to forget to mention; to leave unspoken |
| 言い立てる | いいたてる | to state; to insist |
| 言い漏らす | いいもらす | to forget to mention; to leave unspoken; to let slip a secret |
| 言い做す | いいなす | to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to describe |
| 言い囃す | いいはやす | to praise; to spread or circulate a rumor |
| 言い籠める | いいこめる | to talk down; to argue down |
| 言う | いう | to say |
| 言う | ゆう | to say |
| 言うに言われぬ | いうにいわれぬ | beyond expression; unspeakable; inexpressible; indescribable |
| 言うまでもない | いうまでもない | it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said |
| 言う迄もない | いうまでもない | it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said |
| 言う迄も無い | いうまでもない | it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said |
| 言たって | いったって | even if I told you |
| 言づける | ことづける | to send word; to send a message |
| 言の葉 | ことのは | literary word |
| 言わず語らず | いわずかたらず | to be tacit |
| 言わぬが花 | いわぬがはな | some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden |
| 言わば | いわば | so to speak |
| 言わんばかり | いわんばかり | as if to say; as much as to say; as though |
| 言わ猿 | いわざる | say-not monkey |
| 言を守る | げんをまもる | to keep one's word |
| 言下 | げんか | promptly |
| 言海 | げんかい | wordbook; dictionary |
| 言外 | げんがい | unexpressed; implied; implicit |
| 言換える | いいかえる | to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword |
| 言及 | げんきゅう | reference |
| 言挙げ | ことあげ | a mention |
| 言言 | げんげん | every word |
| 言語 | げんご | language |
| 言語運用 | げんごうんよう | performance |
| 言語学 | げんごがく | linguistics |
| 言語学者 | げんごがくしゃ | linguist |
| 言語学的観念論 | げんごがくてきかんねんろん | linguistic conceptualism |
| 言語学的実在論 | げんごがくてきじつざいろん | linguistic realism |
| 言語機能 | げんごきのう | language faculty |
| 言語教育 | げんごきょういく | language education |
| 言語障害 | げんごしょうがい | speech impediment |
| 言語心理学 | げんごしんりがく | psycholinguistics |
| 言語知識 | げんごちしき | knowledge of language |
| 言語地理 | げんごちり | linguistic geography |
| 言語地理学 | げんごちりがく | linguistic geography |
| 言語中枢 | げんごちゅうすう | speech center |
| 言語道断 | ごんごどうだん | outrageous; preposterous; inexcusable; absurd |
| 言語特有 | げんごとくゆう | language specific |
| 言語能力 | げんごのうりょく | competence |
| 言語療法 | げんごりょうほう | speech therapy |
| 言行 | げんこう | speech and behaviour |
| 言行一致 | げんこういっち | acting up to one's words |
| 言行録 | げんこうろく | record of a person's words and deeds |
| 言合い | いいあい | quarrel; dispute |
| 言合う | いいあう | to quarrel |
| 言残す | いいのこす | to leave word with (a person); to state in ones will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention |
| 言辞 | げんじ | language; speech |
| 言質 | げんしつ | commitment; pledge or promise |
| 言質 | げんち | commitment; pledge or promise |
| 言祝ぐ | ことほぐ | to congratulate |
| 言上 | ごんじょう | telling; stating |
| 言成り | いいなり | doing as one is told; yes man |
| 言責 | げんせき | responsibility for one's words |
| 言説 | げんせつ | remark; statement |
| 言伝 | ことづて | declaration; hearsay |
| 言伝て | ことづて | message |
| 言動 | げんどう | speech and conduct |
| 言付かる | ことづかる | to be entrusted with; to be asked to |
| 言付け | ことづけ | (verbal) message |
| 言付ける | ことづける | to send word; to send a message |
| 言文一致 | げんぶんいっち | unification of the written and spoken forms of a language |
| 言明 | げんめい | declaration; statement; assertion |
| 言訳 | いいわけ | excuse; explanation |
| 言葉 | ことば | word(s); language; speech |
| 言葉から実行に移る | ことばからじっこうにうつる | to change words into actions |
| 言葉に詰まる | ことばにつまる | to be at a loss for words |
| 言葉に表せない | ことばにあらわせない | ineffable; inexpressible |
| 言葉の綾 | ことばのあや | figure of speech |
| 言葉の壁 | ことばのかべ | language barrier |
| 言葉を継ぐ | ことばをつぐ | to continue (to say) |
| 言葉を交える | ことばをまじえる | to exchange words |
| 言葉を濁す | ことばをにごす | to not commit oneself |
| 言葉遣い | ことばづかい | speech; expression; wording |
| 言葉質 | ことばじち | a promise or pledge |
| 言葉書き | ことばがき | foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions |
| 言葉尻 | ことばじり | word ending; slip of the tongue |
| 言葉尻を捉える | ことばじりをとらえる | to cavil at a person's words |
| 言葉付き | ことばつき | wording |
| 言霊 | ことだま | soul or power of language |
| 言論 | げんろん | discussion |
| 言論を封殺する | げんろんをふうさつする | to suppress the freedom of speech |
| 言論機関 | げんろんきかん | organ of public opinion |
| 古言 | こげん | obsolete word; old proverb |
| 御言 | みこと | the spoken words of the emperor or a noble |
| 公言 | こうげん | declaration; profession |
| 口小言 | くちこごと | scolding; faultfinding |
| 巧言 | こうげん | flattery |
| 広言 | こうげん | boasting; bragging; talking big |
| 抗言 | こうげん | protest |
| 高言 | こうげん | boasting; bragging; talking big |
| 恨み言 | うらみごと | grudge |
| 作り言 | つくりごと | fabrication; lie; fiction |
| 雑言 | ぞうごん | foul language; abuse |
| 三百代言 | さんびゃくだいげん | pettifogging lawyer |
| 至言 | しげん | wise saying |
| 失言 | しつげん | using improper words; verbal slip |
| 重言 | じゅうごん | succession of words of similar meaning |
| 祝言 | しゅうげん | wedding celebration |
| 緒言 | しょげん | foreword; preface |
| 緒言 | ちょげん | foreword; preface |
| 助言 | じょげん | advice; suggestion |
| 助言 | じょごん | advice; suggestion |
| 序言 | じょげん | foreward; preface; introduction |
| 小言 | こごと | scolding; fault-finding |
| 照葉狂言 | てりはきょうげん | type of theater which combines elements of Noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs |
| 証言 | しょうげん | evidence; testimony |
| 詳言 | しょうげん | detailed explanation |
| 冗言 | じょうげん | chatter; useless words |
| 食言 | しょくげん | eat one's words; break one's promises |
| 寝言 | ねごと | talking in sleep; nonsense |
| 真言 | しんごん | mantra; quintessential word; Mantrayana; Shingon, Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism, originating in the eight century |
| 進言 | しんげん | proposal; counsel; advice (to a superior) |
| 人間環境宣言 | にんげんかんきょうせんげん | U.N. declaration on the human environment issued in Stockholm in 1972 |
| 人権宣言 | じんけんせんげん | (France's revolutionary era) Declaration of the Rights of Man |
| 仁輪加狂言 | にわかきょうげん | farce; extravaganza |
| 寸言 | すんげん | pithy or short and witty remark; wisecrack |
| 世界人権宣言 | せかいじんけんせんげん | Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) |
| 世迷言 | よまいごと | grumbling; muttering; nonsense |
| 誓言 | せいげん | attestation; attest; vow or oath (made to the gods) |
| 切り狂言 | きりきょうげん | last act |
| 切言 | せつげん | urging; persuasion; declaration |
| 宣言 | せんげん | declaration; proclamation; announcement |
| 践言 | せんげん | keeping ones word |
| 前言 | ぜんげん | previous remarks |
| 造言 | ぞうげん | false report; lie |
| 俗言 | ぞくげん | colloquial language |
| 他言 | たげん | telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret |
| 他言 | たごん | telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret |
| 多言 | たげん | talkativeness; verbosity; garrulity |
| 体言 | たいげん | uninflected word |
| 替わり狂言 | かわりきょうげん | upcoming program |
| 代言 | だいげん | advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney |
| 大納言 | だいなごん | chief councillor of state |
| 題言 | だいげん | prefatory words; epigraph |
| 託言 | たくげん | pretext; excuse; plea |
| 断言 | だんげん | declaration; affirmation |
| 茶番狂言 | ちゃばんきょうげん | farce; burlesque; low comedy |
| 忠言 | ちゅうげん | (good) advice |
| 直言 | ちょくげん | plain speaking |
| 痛言 | つうげん | cutting remark; biting (scathing, bitter) criticism; harsh words |
| 通し狂言 | とおしきょうげん | performance of an entire play |
| 定言 | ていげん | categorical statement |
| 提言 | ていげん | proposal; motion |
| 伝言 | つてごと | verbal message; rumor; word |
| 伝言 | でんごん | verbal message; rumor; word |
| 唐人の寝言 | とうじんのねごと | gibberish |
| 当たり狂言 | あたりきょうげん | a hit play |
| 独り言 | ひとりごと | a soliloquy; a monologue; speaking to oneself |
| 独立宣言 | どくりつせんげん | Declaration of Independence |
| 内祝言 | ないしゅうげん | private wedding |
| 二言 | にごん | double dealing; double tongue |
| 二言 | ふたこと | two words; repetition |
| 年中失言 | ねんじゅうしつげん | always saying the wrong thing |
| 能狂言 | のうきょうげん | noh farce; noh interlude |
| 罵言 | ばげん | abuse |
| 罵詈雑言 | ばりぞうごん | vilification; vituperation |
| 爆弾発言 | ばくだんはつげん | bombshell announcement (statement) |
| 発言 | はつげん | utterance; speech; proposal |
| 卑言 | ひげん | slang expression |
| 百万言 | ひゃくまんげん | saying something many times |
| 評言 | ひょうげん | a comment; critical remarks |
| 不言 | ふげん | silence |
| 付言 | ふげん | saying in addition; postscript; additional remarks |
| 浮言 | ふげん | groundless rumor |
| 附言 | ふげん | additional remarks; postscript |
| 侮言 | ぶげん | insult |
| 僻言 | へきげん | unreasonable talk |
| 別言 | べつげん | other words |
| 片言 | かたこと | a smattering; talk like a baby; speak haltingly |
| 片言 | へんげん | brief remark; few words |
| 放言 | ほうげん | careless remark |
| 方言 | ほうげん | dialect |
| 暴言 | ぼうげん | reckless remark; rash remark; abusive language; thoughtless words |
| 睦言 | むつごと | lovers' talk; whispered intimacies |
| 万言 | まんげん | many words |
| 漫言 | まんげん | rambling talk |
| 無言 | むごん | silence |
| 名言 | めいげん | wise saying |
| 明言 | めいげん | declaration; statement |
| 妄言 | ぼうげん | reckless remark; rash remark; abusive language; thoughtless words |
| 妄言 | もうげん | reckless remark; rash remark; abusive language; thoughtless words |
| 約言 | やくげん | summary; contraction; verbal agreement |
| 予言 | かねごと | prediction; promise; prognostication |
| 予言 | よげん | prediction; promise; prognostication |
| 預言 | よげん | prophecy |
| 揚言 | ようげん | opening declaration; profession; declaration in public; proclamation |
| 用言 | ようげん | declinable word |
| 里言 | りげん | dialect |
| 立言 | りつげん | expression of one's views |
| 略言 | りゃくげん | brief statement; summary |
| 流言 | りゅうげん | groundless rumor |
| 例言 | れいげん | preface; foreword |
| 詫び言 | わびごと | apology |
| 佗言 | わびごと | sad words; anxious words |
| 俚言 | りげん | slang; dialect |
| 眞言 | しんごん | Shingon (Budd.) |
| 箴言 | しんげん | proverb; maxim |
| 綸言 | りんげん | imperial words |
| 誣言 | ふげん | calumny; slander; false charge |
| 諫言 | かんげん | admonition |
| 譫言 | うわごと | talking in delirium; incoherent muttering |
| 讒言 | ざんげん | false charge; slander; defamation |
| 贅言 | ぜいげん | verbosity; redundancy |
