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甜言蜜語てんげんみつごNoun四字熟語Freq #311705
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honeyed words; flattery

消滅危機言語しょうめつききげんごNounFreq #312237
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near-extinct language; seriously endangered language

徒言いたずらごとNounFreq #312679
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nonsense; gibberish; meaningless word

補助言語ほじょげんごNounFreq #314897
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auxiliary language

浮言ふげんNounFreq #316219
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groundless rumor; groundless rumour

巧言令色鮮し仁巧言令色少なし仁巧言令色すくなし仁こうげんれいしょくすくなしじんExpressionFreq #316817
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Proverb; From the Analects of Confucius

those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion

Examples
あいつは口ばかりで、誠意がないね。巧言令色少なし仁とはよくいったもんだ。
They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.
中間言語ちゅうかんげんごNounFreq #317189
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Computing

intermediate language

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Linguistics

interlanguage

顧みて他を言うかえりみてたをいうExpressionGodan verbFreq #317245
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to give an evasive answer

というくらい (と言うくらい／という位／と言う位)と言うくらいと言うぐらいという位と言う位というぐらい (と言うぐらい／という位／と言う位)ExpressionUsually kana
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to the extent that (you could say that)

一言で言うと一言でいうとひとことでいうとExpression
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in a word; to put it briefly

一言で言えば一言でいえばひとことでいえばExpression
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in a word; to put it briefly

Examples
彼は一言で言えば夢想家なのだ。
He is, in a word, a utopian.
換言すればかんげんすればExpression
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in other words; that is (to say); to put it another way

甘言は偶人を喜ばすかんげんはぐうじんをよろこばすExpressionGodan verb
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Proverb

sweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools

棄言葉すてことばNoun
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sharp parting remark

宣言発表せんげんはっぴょうNoun
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declaration

別言すればべつげんすればExpression
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in other words

遺言補足書ゆいごんほそくしょNoun
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codicil

片言交じりかたことまじりNoun～の Adj.
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mixture of correct and broken speech

造言飛語造言蜚語ぞうげんひごNoun四字熟語
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wild rumor; wild rumour

忠言逆耳ちゅうげんぎゃくじExpression四字熟語
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good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears

妄言多謝もうげんたしゃぼうげんたしゃExpression四字熟語
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Used deferentially, in a letter, etc.

kindly excuse my reckless remarks; please excuse my thoughtless words

一言隻句いちごんせきくいちごんせっくNoun
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every single word and phrase; each and every word

七言律詩しちごんりっしNoun
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poem of eight lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters

直言直筆ちょくげんちょくひつNoun～する Verb
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speak and write plainly (frankly); speak and write without reserve

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