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expression, noun
1.
family crest shaped as a hemp leaf
2.
motif made from entwined hexagons
noun
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Angelica keiskei (species of angelica, a herb of the parsley family)(usually kana)
Other readings:
あしたば《鹹草》
、あしたぐさ《鹹草》
、アシタバ
noun
•
polite language used by women
Other readings:
あそばせ言葉【あそばせことば】
expression
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alluring words, endearing words, sugared words, sweet words, honeyed words, flattery, cajolery
See also:おだて
noun
1.
taboo word
2.
euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)
Other readings:
忌言葉【いみことば】
、忌み詞【いみことば】
、忌詞【いみことば】
noun
•
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)(usually kana)
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いわひば《巻柏》
、イワヒバ
noun
•
textspeak, texting language, typed language, abbreviated language and slang commonly used in text messages, email, etc.
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打言葉【うちことば】
noun
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euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
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沖詞【おきことば】
expression
1.
availing myself of your kind offer, taking you at your word
noun
2.
God's word, word of God(only relevant for みことば)
Other readings:
御言葉【おことば】
、御言葉【みことば】
noun
•
word consisting of (two) repeated syllables
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躍り言葉【おどりことば】
noun
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sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (often a homosexual or transsexual male)(linguistics)
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おねえ言葉【おねえことば】
、お姉言葉【おねえことば】
noun
•
daikon, etc. trimmings, usu. added to rice(food term)
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大根葉【おねば】
noun
•
women's language, word used by women
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女ことば【おんなことば】
expression, noun
•
opening address
See also:閉会の辞
Other readings:
開会の辞【かいかいのことば】
、開会のことば【かいかいのことば】
、開会の言葉【かいかいのことば】
noun
•
kakekotoba, pivot word, play on words (esp. in poetry), pun
Other readings:
掛け言葉【かけことば】
、懸詞【かけことば】
、掛け詞【かけことば】
、懸け詞【かけことば】
noun
•
repeated word or phrase, redundant wording, succession of words of similar meaning, pleonasm
See also:重言
Other readings:
重言葉【かさねことば】
、重ね詞【かさねことば】
、重詞【かさねことば】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
expression, noun
1.
Word of God, God's Word, sword of the Spirit
2.
Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
See also:ロゴス
Other readings:
神の言【かみのことば】
noun
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our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum), yellow bedstraw(usually kana)
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カワラマツバ
noun
1.
member of the Imperial family, royalty(yojijukugo)
2.
beautiful clouds
noun
1.
thin sheet of silver, silver foil, silverleaf
2.
censer, incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony
See also:香道 (こうどう)
3.
Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica), Japanese whitebeam
See also:裏白の木 (うらじろのき)
noun
1.
decayed leaves
noun, no-adjective
2.
Other readings:
朽葉【くちば】
noun
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word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...")(e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく)
See also:クッションワード
noun
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sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period), vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period)(archaism, linguistics)
Other readings:
廓言葉【くるわことば】
、郭詞【くるわことば】
、廓詞【くるわことば】
noun
1.
posterity, future generations, descendant
2.
posterior pituitary, neurohypophysis
noun
1.
wood chip, splinter
noun (prefix), noun
2.
worthless thing, worthless person
Other readings:
木っ片【こっぱ】
、木っ葉【こっぱ】
、木っぱ【こっぱ】
、木端【こっぱ】[1]
、木片【こっぱ】[1]
、木葉【こっぱ】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
1.
word(archaism)
2.
waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)
See also:和歌
Other readings:
言の葉【ことのえ】
noun
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noun
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sa-added word (i.e. causative forms with an extra 'sa' like 'ikasaseru')(linguistics)
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サ入れ言葉【サいれことば】
noun
1.
countryside dialect(linguistics)
2.
sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period(linguistics)
Other readings:
里ことば【さとことば】
、里詞【さとことば】
noun
1.
mother tongue (from the island where one was raised)(usually kana, Ryuukyuu-ben (dialect))
2.
Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)(usually kana, Ryuukyuu-ben (dialect))
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しまくとぅば《島くとぅば》
、しまクトゥバ《島クトゥバ》
、シマクトゥバ
noun
•
new leaves, fresh verdure
See also:若葉
Other readings:
新葉【にいは】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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sorrel (Rumex acetosa), Common sorrel, garden sorrel, spinach dock(usually kana)
Other readings:
スイバ