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言げん
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Meanings
Noun
1. word; remark; statement
Other readings
言こと
Kanji used
言say
Pitch accent
げん
Used in vocabulary
一いっ家か言げん
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
Noun
三さん百びゃく代だい言げん
casuist; sophist
Noun
不ふ言げん実じっ行こう
action before words; work before talk
Noun
百ひゃく万まん言げん
saying something many times
Noun
言げん文ぶん一いっ致ち
unification of the written and spoken forms of a language
Noun
巻かん頭とう言げん
foreword; preface; prefatory note
Noun
金きん言げん名めい句く
golden (wise) saying; aphorism; maxim
Noun
有ゆう言げん実じっ行こう
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
Noun
選せん言げん的てき三さん段だん論ろん法ぽう
disjunctive syllogism
Noun
選せん言げん的てき判はん断だん
disjunctive judgment (judgement)
Noun
補ほ助じょ用よう言げん
auxiliary inflecting word; in Japanese, auxiliary verbs and adjectives
Noun
体たい言げん止どめ
ending a sentence or poem with a noun or noun phrase
Noun
Examples3
It is not wise to go by his word.
The employees treat everything the company president says as a golden rule.
It is foolish to take his word seriously.