testimony; (verbal) evidence
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
groundless rumor (rumour)
false charge; slander; defamation
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
declaration; statement; assertion
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
abusive language; violent language; wild words
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
speech and conduct; words and deeds
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
assertion; declaration; affirmation
advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
discourse; expression of thoughts, ideas, etc.
single word; a few words; brief comment
declaration; proclamation; announcement
commitment; pledge; promise
every single word and phrase; each and every word
spell; curse; incantation
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
saying something many times
admonitory speech; words of admonition
cutting remark; biting (scathing, bitter) criticism; harsh words
elegant words; refined diction
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
commitment; pledge; promise
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
wise saying; famous saying
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
remark; statement; discourse
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
abusive language; foul language
boasting; bragging; talking big
speech and behaviour (behavior)
proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)
being frank; going so far as to say
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
to equivocate; to beat around the bush
talkativeness; verbosity; garrulity
tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)
unification of the written and spoken forms of a language
(a few) words; phrase; expression
needless to say; it goes without saying that
foreword; preface; introduction
summary; contraction; verbal agreement
foreword; preface; prefatory note
eat one's words; break one's promises
declinable word; inflectable word
pleonasm; redundancy; tautology; kanji compound in which the same character is repeated
urging; persuasion; declaration
responsibility for one's words
summary; summarization; general remarks; abstract; epitome
common saying; slang; argot
pithy or short and witty remark; wisecrack
words; speech; expression
prefatory words; epigraph
heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade
rude word; inappropriate word; coarse language
flirtation; seductive talk; erotic talk