舌

Meaning

舌 centers on the physical tongue and tongue-shaped objects: the organ itself, a reed (like a tongue of a musical instrument), or a clapper (the striking tongue inside a bell).

• 舌した
  N3

  tongue

• 毒舌どくぜつ

  wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language

• 舌打ちしたうち

  clicking one's tongue; tut-tut

• 饒舌じょうぜつ

  talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity

• 百舌鳥もず

  shrike (any bird of family Laniidae)

• 舌先したさき

  tip of tongue

• 二枚舌にまいじた

  double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued

• 弁舌べんぜつ

  speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression

• 舌足らずしたたらず

  unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation

• 猫舌ねこじた
  N1

  dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; cat tongue

• 舌触りしたざわり

  feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture

• 舌鼓したつづみ

  smacking one's lips (over food)

• 筆舌ひつぜつ

  written and spoken words; description

• 竜舌蘭りゅうぜつらん

  agave; maguey

• 舌鋒ぜっぽう

  sharp tongue; eloquence

• 舌なめずりしたなめずり

  licking one's lips (at the sight of appetizing food)

• 舌戦ぜっせん

  war of words

• そり舌音そりじたおん

  retroflex; retroflex consonant; retroflex sound

• 三寸の舌さんずんのした

  eloquent tongue

• 両舌りょうぜつ

  double-dealing

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