言葉を 継ぐ, ことばをつぐ
Expression , Godan verb
to continue (to say)
言葉を 濁す, ことばをにごす
Expression , Godan verb , Idiomatic expression
to be vague , to speak ambiguously , to be evasive , to not commit oneself
言葉を 切る, ことばをきる
Expression , Godan verb
to stop talking , to break off , to pause
言葉を 返す, ことばをかえす
Expression , Godan verb
1. to reply , to respond , to answer
2. to talk back , to retort
言葉を 失う, ことばをうしなう
Expression , Godan verb , Idiomatic expression
to become speechless , to be at a loss for words
言葉を 呑む, 言葉を のむ , 言葉を 吞む , 言葉を 飲む , ことばをのむ
Expression , Godan verb , Idiomatic expression
1. to choke up , to be speechless
2. to hold one's tongue
言葉を 吐く, ことばをはく
Expression , Godan verb
to talk , to speak
言葉を 挟む, ことばをはさむ
Expression , Godan verb , Idiomatic expression
to cut in , to butt in
言葉を 紡ぐ, 言葉を つむぐ , ことばをつむぐ
Expression , Godan verb , Poetical term
to express in a refined fashion , to weave a web of words
言葉を 選ぶ, ことばをえらぶ
Expression , Godan verb
to choose one's words (with care) , to be careful with one's words
言葉を 慎む, ことばをつつしむ
Expression , Godan verb , See 口を慎む
to watch what one says , to mind one's language
言葉を 残す, ことばをのこす
Expression , Godan verb
1. to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death) , to say (for posterity) , to utter last words
2. to leave some things unsaid
彼は生徒にこの有名な言葉を残した。
言葉を 交える, ことばをまじえる
Expression , Ichidan verb
to exchange words
言葉を かける, 言葉を 掛ける , ことばをかける
Expression , Ichidan verb
to speak to , to give a (something) talk to , to speak words of (something)
言葉を 交わす, ことばをかわす
Expression , Godan verb , See 言葉を交える
to exchange words
女性は彼と少し言葉を交わすと、自然に彼への興味を失ってしまうのです。
言葉を もじる, 言葉を 捩る , ことばをもじる
Expression , Godan verb
to make a pun on a word
言葉を 尽くす, ことばをつくす
Expression , Godan verb
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.) , to run out of words , to be verbose , to cajole , to talk someone's head off