語ご彙い

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to the set of words known or used by a person, group, or in a particular field. Can also mean the vocabulary of a language as a whole.

読どく書しょは語ご彙いを増ふやすのに役やく立だつ。
Reading helps increase your vocabulary.
専せん門もん用よう語ごの語ご彙いが足たりなくて、論ろん文ぶんが読よめなかった。
I couldn't read the paper because I lacked the technical vocabulary.

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Usage patterns

語ご彙いが豊ほう富ふだto have a rich/extensive vocabulary
彼かれは語ご彙いが豊ほう富ふで、文ぶん章しょうがとても分わかりやすい。
He has a rich vocabulary, so his writing is very easy to understand.
語ご彙いを増ふやすto increase/build one's vocabulary
毎まい日にち単たん語ごを勉べん強きょうして語ご彙いを増ふやしている。
I'm building up my vocabulary by studying words every day.
語彙ごいが乏まずしいto have a limited/poor vocabulary
外がい国こく語ごを学まなび始はじめたころは語ご彙いが乏まずしかった。
When I first started learning the foreign language, my vocabulary was limited.
語ご彙いを身みにつけるto acquire vocabulary
子こ供どもは絵え本ほんを通とおして語ご彙いを身みにつける。
Children acquire vocabulary through picture books.

Kanji

語word, speech, language
彙same kind, collect, classify

Related words

単たん語ごN3
単語 refers to a single, individual word, while 語彙 refers to the whole collection of words someone knows or uses.
用よう語ごN2
用語 denotes specialized terminology used in a particular field, whereas 語彙 is the broader, general term for vocabulary.
ボキャブラリー
ボキャブラリー is a casual loanword for vocabulary often used in everyday speech, while 語彙 is the more formal, academic term.

Don't confuse with

語ご句くN1
語句 means specific words and phrases (as in a text), while 語彙 refers to the entire stock of vocabulary a person or language has.

Word family· 15

語ご彙い力りょく
vocabulary power; extent of one's vocabulary
語ご彙い的てき
lexical
語ご彙い素そ
lexeme
語ご彙い表ひょう
vocabulary list
語ご彙い論ろん
lexicology

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使し用よう語ご彙い
active vocabulary
基き本ほん語ご彙い
core vocabulary; basic vocabulary
基き礎そ語ご彙い
basic vocabulary; core vocabulary
理り解かい語ご彙い
passive vocabulary; receptive vocabulary
表ひょう現げん語ご彙い
active vocabulary; expressive vocabulary

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Written forms

語ご彙いUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
語ごいUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; the second kanji is often replaced by kana in informal writing, but this is not a standard spelling.
ごいUsage1%

Etymology

Sino-Japanese word from 語 (word, language) and 彙 (collection, compilation). The character 彙 is relatively rare and often replaced by kana in informal writing.