語

Meaning

語 centers on spoken or written expression: words, speech, and language as a system of communication.

• 英語えいご
  N5

  English (language)

• 語ご
  N4

  word; term

• 語るかたる
  N3

  to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate

• 日本語にほんご
  N5

  Japanese (language)

• 物語ものがたり
  N3

  story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

• 言語げんご
  N3

  language

• 単語たんご
  N3

  word; vocabulary

• 用語ようご
  N2

  term; terminology

• フランス語フランスご

  French (language)

• 国語こくご
  N3

  national language

• 落語らくご
  N1

  rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

• 語彙ごい
  N1

  vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

• 語学ごがく
  N3

  study of foreign languages

• ラテン語ラテンご

  Latin (language)

• 敬語けいご
  N2

  honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language

• 語源ごげん
  N1

  origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology

• 英単語えいたんご

  English word

• 物語るものがたる
  N2

  to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to recount

• 造語ぞうご

  coinage; invention of a new word

• 語句ごく
  N1

  words and phrases; words

• 熟語じゅくご
  N2

  kanji compound

• 主語しゅご
  N2

  subject

• 死語しご

  dead language; extinct language

• 隠語いんご

  secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang

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