単たん語ご

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

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A single lexical unit; used in language learning and linguistics. Can refer to a word as a dictionary entry or a vocabulary item.

単たん語ごを覚おぼえるto memorize a word
毎まい日にち新あたらしい単たん語ごを五いつつ覚おぼえている。
I memorize five new words every day.
単たん語ごの意い味みを調しらべるto look up the meaning of a word
分わからない単たん語ごの意い味みを辞じ書しょで調しらべた。
I looked up the meaning of the word I didn't know in the dictionary.
単たん語ごを並ならべるto arrange/order words (e.g. to form a sentence)
正ただしい順じゅん番ばんに単たん語ごを並ならべて文ぶんを作つくってください。
Please arrange the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

言こと葉ばN5
言葉 is a broad term covering speech, language, or expressions in general, while 単語 refers strictly to a single lexical word.
語ご彙いN1
語彙 refers to a whole set of vocabulary that someone knows or that a text uses, whereas 単語 refers to one individual word.
ワード
単語 is the standard Japanese word for a vocabulary item, while ワード is a loanword mostly used in compounds like キーワード or in computing contexts.
語ご句くN1
単語 refers to a single word, while 語句 can include short phrases or set expressions as well.
語ごN4
単語 specifically means a single vocabulary word, especially in study or grammar contexts, whereas 語 is shorter and often appears as a suffix or in compound terms.

熟じゅく語ごN2
熟語 is a compound word or idiom made of two or more kanji/words, while 単語 is any single word, simple or compound.
言げん語ごN3
言語 means 'language' as a whole system, whereas 単語 is just one word within that language, despite sharing the kanji 語.
用よう語ごN2
単語 means an individual word or vocabulary item, whereas 用語 refers to a term used within a specific field or context, not just any word.
英えい単たん語ご
単語 is the general word for 'word' in any language, whereas 英単語 specifically means an English word.

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Compound of 単 (single) and 語 (word, language). The term was coined in the Meiji period as a translation for the Western linguistic concept of 'word'.