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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
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