字じ句く

noun

wording; words and phrases; expression

Refers to the specific choice of words and phrases in a text, often with attention to literal or surface-level meaning. The gloss 'token' is a technical computing term for a lexical unit; include it only when the context is clearly computational linguistics or programming.

• 契けい約やく書しょの字じ句くを慎しん重ちょうに確かく認にんする。

  Carefully check the wording of the contract.

• 字じ句く通どおりに解かい釈しゃくすると、この条じょう文ぶんは曖あい昧まいだ。

  Interpreted literally, this clause is ambiguous.