言

idiom; set phrase; habit of speech; saying

faith in the power of language; belief that reality is affected by the spoken word; speaking of a lucky (or unlucky) event will bring it about

to say by mistake; to make a slip of the tongue

to argue down; to confute

worth mentioning

language education

kanji "word" radical at left

to correct oneself

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Gensen (Japanese dictionary; publ. 1921-29)

spoken and written language

to omit to say; to forget to mention; to leave unsaid

language acquisition

slip of the tongue; misstatement

to spread (e.g. a rumour); to talk about (widely); to make fun of

to sing the praises of; to praise to the skies

speech act

completely submissive to another person

say-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)

to equivocate

psychology of language; psycholinguistics

goes without saying; needn't be said

should rather be left unsaid

to justify; to explain; to vindicate

to say by mistake; to make a slip of the tongue

speech therapy

to suppress the freedom of speech