発はつ言げん

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発言する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to a spoken comment or declaration, often in formal or public settings. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to make a statement'.

〈人ひと〉の発はつ言げんを求もとめるto ask someone for their comment/statement
記き者しゃは大だい臣じんに発はつ言げんを求もとめた。
The reporter asked the minister for a statement.
発はつ言げんを撤てっ回かいするto retract a statement
彼かれは問もん題だいになった発はつ言げんを撤てっ回かいした。
He retracted the statement that had caused controversy.
発はつ言げんを控ひかえるto refrain from making a statement
彼かの女じょはその件けんについて発はつ言げんを控ひかえた。
She refrained from commenting on the matter.
発はつ言げんの機き会かいを得えるto get a chance to speak
会かい議ぎで発はつ言げんの機き会かいを得えた。
I got a chance to speak at the meeting.
発はつ言げんに注ちゅう意いするto be careful with one's remarks
公おおやけの場ばでは発はつ言げんに注ちゅう意いしてください。
Please be careful with your remarks in public settings.

意い見けんN4
意見 is a broader term for an opinion or view, while 発言 specifically refers to the act or content of speaking up.
コメントN2
コメント is a casual, everyday comment (often online), while 発言 is a more formal spoken statement, often in official or public settings.
声せい明めいN1
声明 is a formal, often written public declaration issued by an organization, while 発言 refers to an individual's spoken remark.
言げん論ろんN1
発言 refers to a specific statement someone makes, while 言論 is the broader, more abstract idea of public expression or discourse.

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セリフN2
発言 is a formal term for a statement or remark someone makes, while セリフ specifically refers to a line of dialogue or a characteristic remark, often in a script or conversation.
言げん
発言 specifically means an utterance or statement made in a public or formal setting, whereas 言 is the broader, more abstract term for a word or remark.
声こえN5
声 can loosely mean an opinion or feeling someone expresses, while 発言 is the more formal term for a specific remark made in a discussion or meeting.
一ひと言ことN3
発言 refers to a formal statement or speaking up, often in meetings, while 一言 is shorter and can be casual or set-phrase-like.
談だん話わN1
発言 is a neutral term for any spoken remark or statement, while 談話 specifically suggests an informal or off-the-cuff comment, often to the press.
言こと葉ばN5
発言 is a formal term for a specific remark or statement made in a discussion, while 言葉 more broadly covers anything someone says.

沈ちん黙もくN1
沈黙 means staying silent, the opposite of 発言, which means speaking up or making a statement.
無む言ごんN1
発言 means speaking up or making a statement, the direct opposite of 無言's silence.

言げん論ろんN1
言論 refers to speech or discourse as an abstract concept (as in 言論の自由), whereas 発言 refers to a specific, concrete remark someone makes.
発はつ現げん
発言 (same reading はつげん) means 'a remark or statement made by a person', completely unrelated to 発現's meaning of a latent quality becoming manifest.
発はつ音おんN4
発言 means a spoken remark or statement, while 発音 means the pronunciation of sounds; the two share 発 but differ completely in meaning.

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発はつ令れい
発令 (an official order or proclamation) and 発言 (a spoken remark or statement) look similar due to the shared 発, but refer to very different things.
発はつ言げん権けん
発言 is the act of speaking or the remark itself, while 発言権 is the right or authority to speak.
発はつ案あん
発言 means 'a remark' or 'to speak up', while 発案 specifically means 'to originate a proposal or idea', despite sharing the kanji 発.

Compound of 発 (hatsu, 'to emit, express') and 言 (gen, 'word, speech'). The combination straightforwardly means 'to express words' or 'utterance'.