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片言

かたこと、カタコト
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
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独り言

ひとり言、一人言、独りごと
ひとりごと
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
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失言

しつげん
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
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言わば

謂わば
adv
いわば
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
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伝言板

でんごんばん
message board
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言い伝える

言伝える
v1
vt
いいつたえる
to send word
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言いなり

言成り、言い成り
いいなり
doing as one is told; yes-man
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言い争う

言争う
いいあらそう
to quarrel; to dispute
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話し言葉

話言葉
はなしことば
spoken language; colloquial expression
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言い当てる

言当てる
v1
vt
いいあてる
to guess right