Kanji

Level: N4 Strokes: 7

言

Meaning in English

say, word, dire

Readings

Onyomi: ゲン, ゴン Kunyomi: い.う, こと Romaji: gen, gon / i.u, koto

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言

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese diga, palavra, terrível

Spanish decir, palabra, terrible

Korean 말하다, 단어, 끔찍한

French dire, mot, terrible

Italian dire, parola, terribile

German sagen, Wort, schrecklich

Indonesian katakan, kata, mengerikan

★ Vietnamese nói, từ ngữ, tồi tệ

Thai พูดสิ คำพูด ร้ายแรง

Words with this kanji

N1 言論 genron discussion, speech N1 言付け kotozuke to leave a message N1 片言 katakoto broken (in reference to speaking style, e.g., Japanese) N1 言い訳 iiwake excuse, explanation N1 証言 shougen evidence, testimony N1 助言 jogen advice, suggestion N1 宣言 sengen declaration, proclamation, announcement N1 断言 dangen assertion, declaration, affirmation N1 発言 hatsugen utterance, speech, proposal

Sentences with this kanji

N3 そんなことを言うと誤解されかねない Sonna koto o iu to gokai sarekanenai Saying that may cause misunderstanding N4 そんな失礼なことは言うものではない Sonna shitsurei na koto wa iu mono de wa nai One should not say something so rude N1 彼の発言は誤解を招く可能性がある Kare no hatsugen wa gokai o maneku kanousei ga aru His statement may cause misunderstanding N4 分からない言葉があったら、辞書で調べます。 Wakaranai kotoba ga attara, jisho de shirabemasu. If there is a word I do not understand, I look it up in a dictionary. N4 田中さんは来ないと言いました。 Tanaka-san wa konai to iimashita. Mr. Tanaka said he would not come. N4 先生は明日テストがあると言いました。 Sensei wa ashita tesuto ga aru to iimashita. The teacher said there will be a test tomorrow. N4 新しい言葉を覚えることは楽しいです。 Atarashii kotoba o oboeru koto wa tanoshii desu. Learning new words is fun. N4 先生に対して失礼なことを言いました。 Sensei ni taishite shitsurei na koto o iimashita. I said something rude to the teacher. N3 彼が何を言いたかったのかあとでやっと分かった Kare ga nani o iitakatta no ka ato de yatto wakatta Later I finally understood what he wanted to say