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noun
wise saying, famous saying

noun, auxillary suru verb
verbal gaffe, verbal slip, slip of the tongue, using improper words

noun, auxillary suru verb
plain speaking

noun, auxillary suru verb
prophecy(esp. in Christianity and other revealed religions)
See also:予言

noun, auxillary suru verb
previous remarks

noun, auxillary suru verb
careless remark

noun, auxillary suru verb
advice (to a superior), counsel, proposal, suggestion, recommendation

noun, auxillary suru verb
boasting, bragging, talking big
Other readings:
広言【こうげん】

noun
private opinion, personal view, personal opinion
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一家言【いっかごと】

noun, auxillary suru verb
saying in addition, postscript, additional remarks
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附言【ふげん】

noun
fabrication, pipe dream
Other readings:
絵空言【えそらごと】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
1.
double-dealing, double tongue, going back on what one has said
2.
repeating oneself
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二言【にげん】

noun
falsehood, lie
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虚言【きょごん】

noun
kyogen interlude, short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)
See also:本狂言

noun
kyogen interlude, short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)
See also:間狂言

noun
uncomplimentary remarks, slander
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悪言【あくごん】

noun
all kinds of malicious gossip, heaping verbal abuse (on), cursing and swearing (words)(yojijukugo)

noun
1.
snide remark, sarcasm(archaism)
2.
indirect expression, roundabout saying(archaism)

noun
news from home, letter from home(archaism)

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

noun
nonsense, gibberish, meaningless word

noun
exaggeration, saying too much, verbal slip

noun
congratulatory words, prayer for happiness
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祝言【いわいごと】
斎言【いわいごと】

noun
1.
roundabout explanation
2.
one's words, one's speaking(humble language)

noun
1.
crying over spilt milk, complaining about things that have already happened(archaism)
2.
speaking ill behind somebody's back, malicious gossip(archaism)

ごと
uchitsukegoto
expression, noun
saying whatever comes into one's mind(archaism)

noun
grudge, complaint, reproach
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怨み言【うらみごと】
怨言【うらみごと】
怨言【えんげん】

noun
talking in delirium, incoherent muttering(usually kana)
See also:たわごと
Other readings:
うわごと《譫言》
うわごと《囈語》
うわごと《囈言》
せんげん《譫言》
げいご《囈語》

noun
dialects of Japanese spoken in Western Tottori prefecture and Eastern Shimane prefecture
See also:出雲弁

noun
flirtation, seductive talk, erotic talk

ごと
oinokurigoto
expression, noun
repetitious harping of the elderly, oft-repeated tales by old folks, tedious and repetitive talk of old people, old man's rambling

noun
selfish words, speaking selfishly

noun
frequently uttering obscene words or socially inappropriate remarks
See also:汚言症

noun
scolding, telling-off, rebuke, lecture(honorific language)
See also:小言
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御小言【おこごと】

noun
crazy talk
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痴言【ちげん】
烏滸言【おこごと】

noun
groundless rumor (rumour), misleading rumor(archaism)

noun, auxillary suru verb
summary, summarization, general remarks, abstract, epitome

noun
1.
message that a messenger brings back home(archaism)
2.
reply, ode in reply(archaism)
3.
return gift(archaism)
See also:お返し
Other readings:
返り言【かえりこと】
返り事【かえりごと】
返り事【かえりこと】

かおせきょうげん
kaomisekyougen
noun
December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

noun, auxillary suru verb
assertion, confirmation

noun
malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind somebody's back
See also:陰口

noun
good words, wise saying
Other readings:
嘉言【かげん】

noun, na-adjective
reticence, taciturnity

noun
1.
non-standard pronunciation, dialect
2.
mistaken rumor, baseless gossip

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
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神の言【かみのことば】

ょうげん
kawarikyougen
noun
upcoming program, upcoming programme
Other readings:
替り狂言【かわりきょうげん】
替狂言【かわりきょうげん】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
saying in other words, putting (something) another way

noun, auxillary suru verb
admonition, remonstrance, expostulation
Other readings:
諌言【かんげん】

noun
joke, jest
Other readings:
戲言【ぎげん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

expression
Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
恐々謹言【きょうきょうきんげん】

expression
Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)(yojijukugo)

noun, auxillary suru verb
being frank, going so far as to say

noun
last piece in a kabuki programme
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切り狂言【きりきょうげん】

interjection, noun
Yours Sincerely ...(honorific language)

noun, no-adjective
wise saying, maxim

noun
1.
tedious talk, repetition, complaint
2.
tongue-twister(obscure)
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繰言【くりごと】

noun
admonitory speech, words of admonition
See also:訓辞

noun, auxillary suru verb
offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.), proposal, suggestion, advice
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献言【けんげん】

noun
every word
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言々【げんげん】

noun
obsolete word, old proverb
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古諺【こげん】

noun
Chinese poem with five characters per line

noun
whispering, whisper, secret talk, murmur(archaism)
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私語【ささやきごと】

noun
prank, practical joke
Other readings:
戯れ言【ざれこと】
戯れ言【たわむれごと】
戯れ言【たわぶれごと】
戯言【ざれごと】[1]
戯言【ざれこと】[1]
戯言【たわむれごと】[1]
戯言【たわぶれごと】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
false charge, slander, defamation

noun
1.
pettifogging lawyer, unscrupulous or unethical lawyer, shyster(derogatory, yojijukugo)
2.
casuist, sophist
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