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付きつきとばつきNounFreq #62785
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speech; expression; wording; language

樹林んようじゅりんNounFreq #64814
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conifer forest; coniferous forest; needle-leaved forest

お茶っおちゃっぱNounFreq #65248
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tea leaves

を慎むことばをつつしむExpressionGodan verbFreq #70127
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to watch what one says; to mind one's language

話し言話しことば話言なしことばNounFreq #71531
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spoken language; colloquial expression

Examples
これらの語は話し言葉では使われない。
These words aren't used in spoken language.
狩りみじがりNounFreq #79656
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autumn-leaf viewing; fall-leaf viewing

感謝の言もない感謝の言も無いかんしゃのことばもない~い Adj.ExpressionFreq #79708
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unable to find the words to thank someone; unable to thank someone enough

感謝の言もありませんかんしゃのことばもありませんExpressionFreq #80249
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I can't find the words to thank you; I can never thank you enough

赤ちゃん言あかちゃんことばNounFreq #82486
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baby talk; baby language; babbling

売り言りことばNounFreq #83522
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fighting words; inflammatory words; provocative remark

Examples
彼のせりふは割り引いて聞いてよ。単に売り言葉に買い言葉というだけなんだから。
Don't let what he said get to you. He was just getting back at you for what you said.
末節ようまっせつNoun四字熟語Freq #86589
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unimportant details; inessentials

Examples
枝葉末節の議論はもうそろそろ止めにして、本筋の話に移りませんか。
Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?
の壁ことばのかべNounExpressionFreq #88019
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language barrier

物野菜はものやさいNounFreq #91850
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leaf vegetable; green vegetable; edible herb

尻を捉える尻をとらえる尻を捕らえることばじりをとらえるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #92462
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to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words

Examples
すぐ人の言葉尻を捕らえて非難するよな。
Quick to pounce on what people say and pick on them.
を交えることばをまじえるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #93416
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to exchange words

買い言いことばNounFreq #97300
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retort (to an insult, jeer, etc.)

Examples
彼のせりふは割り引いて聞いてよ。単に売り言葉に買い言葉というだけなんだから。
Don't let what he said get to you. He was just getting back at you for what you said.
朽ちちばいろNoun~の Adj.Freq #102106
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russet; tawny; yellow-brown

若者言わかものことばNounFreq #105922
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words used by young people; slang

書き言書きことばきことばNounFreq #108400
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written word; written language

Examples
スペイン語の書き言葉は、ほんのいくらかわかるが、スペイン語の話し言葉ときたら、ちんぷんかんぷんだ。
I can understand written Spanish just a little, but spoken Spanish is Greek to me.
通り言おりことばNounFreq #111219
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common word; common phrase; everyday expression; byword

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jargon; lingo; argot; cant

Examples
それが盗賊の通り言葉です。
That's thieves' cant.
のはずく木の木菟このはづくコノハズクコノハヅクNounUsually kanaFreq #111569
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Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)

オネエ言おねえ言お姉言オネエことば (オネエ言)おねえことば (おねえ言/お姉言葉)NounFreq #112470
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Linguistics

sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)

仮名んようがなNounFreq #118762
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man'yōgana; early Japanese syllabary of Chinese characters used phonetically

マークかばマークNounFreq #119809
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Colloquial

novice driver mark; V-shaped green and yellow symbol that newly qualified drivers in Japan must display on their cars