language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
exactly as stated; verbatim
to be at a loss for words
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
speech; expression; wording; language
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
password; watchword; motto; slogan
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery
at a loss for words; stumped for words
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
word game; wordplay; playing with words
Angelica keiskei (species of angelica, a herb of the parsley family)
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
plant having four leaves on one stalk
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
decayed leaves; russet; tawny; yellow-brown
number of words; vocality
beefsteak plant; perilla; megaphylls; (lit.) large leaf
to say too much; to go too far
under the sod; one's grave; the other world
speech; expression; wording; language
to be at a loss for words
men's language; male language
women's language; word used by women
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
spoken language; colloquial expression
to watch what one says; to mind one's language
I can't find the words to thank you; I can never thank you enough
unable to find the words to thank someone; unable to thank someone enough
new leaves; fresh verdure
baby talk; baby language; babbling
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
russet; tawny; yellow-brown
words used by young people; slang
lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton
written word; written language
sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)
meaningless words; words that make no sense
common saying; slang; argot
willow-leaf arrowhead; part of a Japanese stirrup; willow leaf
lime-leaved maple (Acer distylum)
sticker for new car drivers
Kyoto dialect; Kyoto accent
blighted leaves; diseased leaves
word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word
spoken language; spoken words; language
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism
hinoki leaf; hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata); small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)
taboo word; euphemism (used in place of a taboo word)
provincial dialect; rural dialect
large number of words; (lit.) sea of words
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab; champagne crab (Hypothalassia armata)
dropping the "ra" in the potential form of verbs formed with "-rareru"
cast iron plant (Aspidistra elatior); baran; green plastic garnish (orig. made from leaf) used in lunch boxes, with sushi, etc.
stinging (barbed) words; harsh language
word said backwards; word of opposite meaning
word-hunting; search for and censorship of politically incorrect words
working-class accent or dialect
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
magnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi
buzzword; popular expression; vogue word or phrase
local dialect; vernacular; provincialism; national language
secret language of court ladies (Muromachi period)
polite language used by women
wet fallen leaves; retired men who get underfoot at home
genius shows from childhood; (lit.) the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout
burning fallen leaves; autumn leaf burning
vernacular; local dialect
four-letter word (esp. in English)
meaningless words added a song for rhythmical effect; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song
trailing ice plant (Lampranthus spectabilis)
dried leaves; dried daikon leaves
pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)
In the beginning was the Word
filler word; filler phrase
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
first maple leaves to turn red in the season
kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun
end leaves; top leaves; last leaves
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji"
daikon, etc. trimmings, usu. added to rice
moss-rose purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions
Chamisso's lousewort (Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica)
sa-added word (i.e. causative forms with an extra 'sa' like 'ikasaseru' for 'iku')
the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo
repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm
filled pause (e.g. um, er); filler word
island language; island dialect
to be evasive; to be not entirely truthful; to not be frank
samurai words and phrases
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
brown hawk owl (Ninox scutulata)
Christmas cactus; crab cactus
countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period
Ecclesiastes (book of the Bible); (lit.) words of Qohelet
word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...")
teyo-dawa speech; mid-Meiji period schoolgirl slang in which sentence-end particles "teyo" and "dawa" were used prominently
adding a superfluous "re" to the potential form of a godan verb
language used when writing letters
textspeak; texting language; typed language; abbreviated language and slang commonly used in text messages, email, etc.
mountain language (euphemisms used by hunters, etc. when in the wild)
word consisting of (two) repeated syllables
euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
words betray one's character
unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings); being at a loss for words
language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
stinging words; biting remarks
high-quality leaves (e.g. green onions, tobacco, tea)
Viburnum plicatum var. plicatum
green barley; barley grass
plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)
rice with dried daikon leaves
Prunus cerasifera var. atropurpurea; pissard plum
pine oil; pine-needle oil
reddish-yellow (colour); russet
whisk fern (Psilotum nudum)
Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)
sorrel (Rumex acetosa); Common sorrel; garden sorrel; spinach dock
Futabasaurus suzukii (species of plesiosaur)
dipterocarp (any plant of genus Dipterocarpus)
Hosta montana (species of plantain lily)
Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus)
Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)
mother tongue (from the island where one was raised); Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)
Salix urbaniana (species of willow)
Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)
Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
common morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; Japanese chervil; Japanese parsley
sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua); redgum
sweet woodruff (Asperula odorata)
box elder (Acer negundo); boxelder maple; ash-leaved maple; maple ash; ashleaf maple
Chamaecyparis obtusa var. breviramea (ornamental variety of hinoki cypress)
Disanthus cercidifolius (species of witch-hazel)
Japanese flowering ash (Fraxinus sieboldiana)
fiddle-leaf fig (Ficus lyrata)
willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia
Hosta sieboldii (species of plantain lily)
unicorn leatherjacket (Aluterus monoceros)
leafy lespedeza (Lespedeza cyrtobotrya)
Siebold's wild ginger (Asarum sieboldii)
our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum); yellow bedstraw
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
needle spikerush (Eleocharis acicularis)
Microtis unifolia (species of orchid)
Arctic wrack (Fucus evanescens)
Paris verticillata (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
Cephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)
sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period); vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period)
fallen red persimmon leaves
end leaves; top leaves; last leaves; descendant