言

Linguistics

secondary substantive (inflectable word or phrase that acts as an uninflectable within a sentence)

Philosophy

categorical

disjunctive

euphemisms used by hunters, lumberjacks, etc. when in the wild; mountain language

language used when writing letters

dirty word

Noh

place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage (where the interlude kyogen actors wait)

exaggeration; saying too much; verbal slip

euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)

Computing

R (programming language)

number of dialectal versions of a word

linguistic rights

mother tongue (from the island where one was raised)

Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)

Slang; Orig. ksb て-inflection of 言う

that said; that being said

witness (giving testimony); deponent

Mahjong

tile discarded and turned sideways after declaring rīchi

Computing

declarative

Grammar

periphrasis

mythomania; propensity to lie

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Daigenkai (5-volume Japanese dictionary, 1932-1937)

saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

to talk nonsense

eyewitness testimony

when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally