片言隻句

Readings

Kana: へんげんせきく、へんげんせっく

Romaji: hengensekiku, hengensekku

Definition

noun

1

few words; single phrase

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

片

Readings: ヘン、 かた-、 かた

Meanings: one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word

隻

Reading: セキ

Meanings: vessels, counter for ships, fish, birds, arrows, one of a pair

句

Reading: ク

Meanings: phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku