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語る, かたる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate
2. to recite, to chant
3. to indicate, to show
行動は言葉よりも声高く語る。
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用語, ようご
1. term, terminology
2. wording, choice of words, phraseology
「美しい」とか「醜い」といった言葉は相対的な用語である。
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物語る, ものがたる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to tell (a story), to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.), to relate, to recount
2. to tell of, to show, to indicate, to prove, to attest to
この話はアメリカに起こっていることについて多くを物語っている。
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国語, こくご
1. national language
See 国語科
2. Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)
3. one's native language, mother tongue
4. native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
彼は国語が好きだし得意だ。
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落語, らくご
rakugo, traditional Japanese comic storytelling, comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
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母語, ぼご
1. mother tongue, native language
See 祖語・そご, Linguistics terminology
2. protolanguage, parent language
フランス語が彼らの母語です。
語彙, 語い, ごい
Linguistics terminology
vocabulary, lexicon, lexis, terminology
読書は語彙を増やすのに役に立つ。
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語り継ぐ, 語りつぐ, かたりつぐ
Godan verb, Transitive
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation, to hand down
これらの伝説は私達の子孫に語り継がれるべきだ。