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言う, 云う, 謂う, いう, ゆう

Godan verb, Transitive

1. to say, to utter, to declare

2. to name, to call

Only 言う, Intransitive

3. to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise

この動物は日本語で何と言いますか。

の, 乃

Particle, orig. written 乃 or 之

1. indicates possessive

2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives

See が・1

3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases

at sentence-end; falling tone

4. indicates a confident conclusion

Female term or language, at sentence-end

5. indicates emotional emphasis

か

Particle, at sentence end

1. indicates a question

after each alternative

2. or, whether or not

See 何か・1, after an interrogative

3. some- (e.g. something, someone)

indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles

4. hmm, huh

Prefix, See か弱い, emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective

5. very

か, 箇, 個, 个, カ

Counter, precedes the thing being counted; e.g. ３か月, ５か所; also written as ヶ or ケ

counter used with Sino-Japanese words