言

Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent

foolish talk; nonsense; gibberish

on the strength of numbers

to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp

to speak from memory

The Communist Manifesto

attorney; lawyer

kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun

reticence; taciturnity

Jocular, humorous term; Pun on 名言

meaningless or stupid turn of phrase that at first glance resembles a wise saying; silly saying; nonsensical proverb

opening declaration; profession; declaration in public; proclamation

tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)

noh farce; noh interlude

foreword; preface; introduction

summary; contraction; verbal agreement

opening address

word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word

local dialect; vernacular; provincialism

in brief; to put it succinctly

provincial dialect; rural dialect

self-reference

faked suicide; sham suicide; pseudocide

Derogatory; Yojijukugo

pettifogging lawyer; unscrupulous or unethical lawyer; shyster

casuist; sophist

Grammar

indeclinable nominal (in Japanese)