語

(the extent of) one's vocabulary

words and phrases; words

English word

standard language (used in government, education, etc.)

standard Japanese

archaic word; obsolete word; archaism

old saying; old adage

old language; ancient language

sound (of a sentence); euphony

Abbreviation

wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game

dead language; extinct language

obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé

Word usually written using kana alone

race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track)

Orig. meaning

ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon

common language; lingua franca

standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)

motto; slogan; catchword

language of one's country; mother tongue; native language

narrator; storyteller; reciter

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Intransitive verb

coinage; invention of a new word

coined word

the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)

pillow talk; conversation in bed

bedtime story

what language

official language

faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement

story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

Linguistics

word root (smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

monologue; soliloquy

German (language)

rakugo story teller; comic story teller

old story; reminiscence

synonym