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noun
local amateur theatrical performance (esp. popular in late Edo and early Meiji)

noun
Chinese poem with seven characters per line

noun
1.
festivities, celebration
2.
wedding, marriage ceremony

noun
1.
pleonasm, redundancy, tautology(e.g. 馬から落馬する)
2.
kanji compound in which the same character is repeated(only relevant for じゅうげん)(e.g. 堂堂)
Other readings:
重言【じゅうごん】

noun
spell, curse, incantation
Other readings:
呪言【じゅげん】

noun
secondary substantive (inflectable word or phrase that acts as an uninflectable within a sentence)(linguistics)

noun, auxillary suru verb
detailed explanation

noun, no-adjective
chatter, useless words

noun
lesser councilor of state, lesser councillor of state, minor councilor, minor councillor
Other readings:
少納言【すないものもうし】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
eat one's words, break one's promises

noun
foreword, preface
Other readings:
緒言【ちょげん】

noun, no-adjective
foreword, preface, introduction

noun
foolish talk, nonsense, gibberish

noun
1.
proverb, maxim, aphorism
2.
Proverbs (book of the Bible)

noun
(France's revolutionary era) Declaration of the Rights of Man

noun
1.
mantra(Buddhist term)
2.
Shingon sect (of Buddhism)(abbreviation)
See also:真言宗
Other readings:
眞言【しんごん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
pithy or short and witty remark, wisecrack

noun, auxillary suru verb
attestation, attest, vow or oath (made to the gods)

noun, auxillary suru verb
verbosity, redundancy

noun, auxillary suru verb
urging, persuasion, declaration

noun, auxillary suru verb
keeping one's word

noun
(logical) disjunction(computer term)

noun
rude word, inappropriate word, coarse language
Other readings:
粗言【そごん】
麁言【そげん】
麁言【そごん】

noun
falsehood, lie
Other readings:
空言【くうげん】
空言【むなこと】
虚言【そらごと】
虚言【むなこと】

noun
uninflected word(linguistics)

noun, auxillary suru verb
big talk, braggadocio
See also:大言壮語
Other readings:
大言【だいげん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
advocacy, pleading by proxy, speaking for another, attorney

noun
1.
chief councillor of state, chief councilor of state
2.
large-grained variety of adzuki bean

noun
1.
pretext, excuse, plea
2.
message (esp. oral)
Other readings:
託言【かごと】
託言【かずけごと】

noun, auxillary suru verb
telling others, revealing to others, letting out a secret
Other readings:
他言【たごん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
talkativeness, verbosity, garrulity

noun
plain speech, direct speech(archaism)
Other readings:
徒言【ただこと】
只言【ただごと】
只言【ただこと】
直言【ただごと】
直言【ただこと】

noun
nonsense, silly talk, drivel, rubbish
Other readings:
戯言【たわこと】[3]
たわ言【たわごと】
たわ言【たわこと】[3]
戲言【たわごと】[1]
戲言【たわこと】[1][3]
譫言【たわごと】[2]
譫言【たわこと】[2][3]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji
  2. word containing irregular kanji usage
  3. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

noun
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
See also:太政官,  令外の官
Other readings:
中納言【なかのものもうすつかさ】
中納言【すけのものもうすつかさ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
cutting remark, biting (scathing, bitter) criticism, harsh words

noun
common saying, slang, argot
See also:通語

noun, no-adjective
fabrication, lie, fiction
Other readings:
作り言【つくりごと】

noun
type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)

noun, auxillary suru verb
talking to oneself
See also:独り言

noun
impromptu skit, (theatrical) farce, extravaganza
Other readings:
仁輪加狂言【にわかきょうげん】

にんげんかんきょうせんげ
ningenkankyousengen
noun
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972)

noun
Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)

noun
(verbal) abuse, abusive language

noun
all manner of (verbal) abuse, all kinds of names, abusive language, torrent of abuse, stream of insults(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
ばり雑言【ばりぞうごん】

noun
vulgar expression, vulgarism, slang expression
Other readings:
卑言【ひげん】

noun
groundless rumor, groundless rumour
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