single word; a few words; brief comment
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
declaration; proclamation; announcement
assertion; declaration; affirmation
testimony; (verbal) evidence
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
abusive language; violent language; wild words
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
commitment; pledge; promise
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
proposal; motion; recommendation
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
wise saying; famous saying; witty remark
spell; curse; incantation
bombshell announcement; bombshell statement
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
verbalization; putting into words
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
big talk; boasting; bragging
groundless rumor (rumour)
declaration; statement; assertion
saying in other words; putting (something) another way
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
remark; statement; discourse
problematic statement; controversial remark
witness stand; witness box
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
abusive language; foul language
prophetic writing (e.g. Biblical); written prophecy
speech and behaviour (behavior)
declaration of a state of emergency
declaration of independence
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)
free speech; freedom of speech
adviser; advisor; counsellor; counselor
false charge; slander; defamation
common language; lingua franca
(linguistic) competence; language capability
boasting; bragging; talking big
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
to be beyond words; to defy description
oath; vow; attestation; solemn pledge
programming language; programing language
being frank; going so far as to say
fake kidnapping; staged kidnapping
Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945 statement establishing the terms of a Japanese surrender)
subtext; implication; connotation; implicit meaning; between the lines
offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice
language area of the cortex; speech centre (center)
language center (brain); language centre
having no hesitation in stating; having no hesitation in declaring
regulation of freedom of speech
discriminatory remark; hate speech
(verbal) abuse; abusive language
uncomplimentary remarks; slander
supporting, but indispensable role; major supporting role
a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
announcement of one's retirement
language disorder; speech disorder; speech impediment
to equivocate; to beat around the bush
talkativeness; verbosity; garrulity
kyogen performer; comic actor
action before words; work before talk
saying something many times
tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)
collection of (famous) quotes; collection of sayings; analects
declaration of a state of emergency
unification of the written and spoken forms of a language
Declaration of the Rights of Man (during the French Revolution; 1789)
(a few) words; phrase; expression
saying in addition; postscript; additional remarks
inconsistency between one's words and actions; insincerity; saying one thing and doing another
meaningless or stupid turn of phrase that at first glance resembles a wise saying; silly saying; nonsensical proverb
needless to say; it goes without saying that
kyogen performer; low-ranked house playwright (of kabuki)
faked suicide; sham suicide; pseudocide
opening declaration; profession; declaration in public; proclamation
kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)
record of a person's words and deeds
summary; contraction; verbal agreement
pettifogging lawyer; unscrupulous or unethical lawyer; shyster; casuist; sophist
foreword; preface; introduction
house playwright (of kabuki)
uninflectable nominal (in Japanese)
the press; journalism; fourth estate
breaking the fourth wall (esp. in fiction); out-of-universe comment; remark that refers to the work as a work of fiction or to its characters, setting, audience, etc.
suppression of speech; suppression of dissent; censorship
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
foreword; preface; prefatory note
another language; different languages
mythomania; propensity to lie
acting up to one's words; consistency between speech and action
a great many words; huge number of words
Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)
admonitory speech; words of admonition
very truly yours; very respectfully yours
eat one's words; break one's promises
independent inflectable word (in Japanese)
grudge; complaint; reproach
ending a sentence or poem with a noun or noun phrase
Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
crazy talk; nonsense; jest
playing with words; frivolous speech; flippant remarks; glib talk; verbosity
categorical (e.g. assertion, denial); assertive; insistent; categorical
a great many words; huge number of words
linguistic activity; language (as defined by Saussure; langue and parole)
advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
expression of one's views
pleonasm; redundancy; tautology; kanji compound in which the same character is repeated
verbal behaviour; language behaviour
responsibility for one's words
every single word and phrase; each and every word
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
linguistic aspects of life; linguistic behaviour
corpus; linguistic data; text corpus
earnest persuasion; urging strongly; saying harshly; arguing fiercely; cutting remark
December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
performance of an entire play
written language; literary language
farce; burlesque; low comedy
official warning (esp. of an impending earthquake)
kabuki play; kabuki drama; kabuki script
pretext; excuse; plea; message (esp. oral)
person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic
every word and act; just a word or an act
common saying; slang; argot
artificial language (e.g. Esperanto); constructed language; conlang; language for defining structures, logic, etc. (e.g. XML, HTML, etc.)
cutting remark; biting (scathing, bitter) criticism; harsh words
summary; summarization; general remarks; abstract; epitome
calumny; slander; false accusation
pithy or short and witty remark; wisecrack
local amateur kabuki performance (esp. popular in the late Edo and early Meiji periods)
spoken and written language
selfish words; speaking selfishly
dire prophecy that creates confusion
to suppress the freedom of speech
like sweat cannot return inside the body, the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid
impromptu skit; (theatrical) farce; extravaganza
Genkai (Japanese dictionary; publ. 1886)
words; speech; expression
non-standard pronunciation; dialect; mistaken rumor; baseless gossip
type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)
command language; control language
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
second play on the program
psychology of language; psycholinguistics
global language; world language; languages of the world; world languages
Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)
elegant words; refined diction
discourse; expression of thoughts, ideas, etc.
mainland dialects (of Japanese, as opposed to the Ryukyu languages)
sociolect; social dialect
natural language understanding; NLU
natural language processing; NLP
deposition; record of testimony
multilingualization; multilingualisation; localization; localisation
language construct; entity
bombshell announcement (declaration)
very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style)
prefatory words; epigraph
scripting language; script language
monolingual; single-language
dialect continuum; dialect chain
good words and good deeds
Okinawan (language); Okinawan dialect
neologism (invention of words that have meaning only to the person who uses them)
frequently uttering obscene words or socially inappropriate remarks
groundless rumor; groundless rumour
flowery yet empty words; pretentious talk; insubstantial statements; Chinese (language)
kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)
intermediate language; interlanguage
warming words; kind words
new dialect; new regional dialect
discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays)
heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade
computational linguistics
language island; speech island
dialectal kanji; kanji only used in a specific region
inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches
coprolalia; uncontrollable use of obscene language
straight shooter; frank person; person who tells it like it is
neurolinguistic programming; NLP
golden (wise) saying; aphorism; maxim
center versus periphery theory
saying whatever one feels; speaking at random; making careless remarks; rambling talk
basic multi-lingual plane; BMP
kindly excuse my reckless remarks; please excuse my thoughtless words
Page Description Language; PDL
Declaration of Independence (the document)
declaration of a state of emergency
good advice is harsh to the ear
Genshi Shiroku (book of sayings by Satō Issai)
those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion
near-extinct language; seriously endangered language
nayashi dialect (spoken in Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures)
Daigenkai (5-volume Japanese dictionary, 1932-1937)
HyperText Markup Language; HTML
intermediate language level
in other words; that is (to say); to put it another way
exaggeration; saying too much; verbal slip
Russell-Einstein Manifesto
Gensen (Japanese dictionary; publ. 1921-29)
vulgar expression; vulgarism; language used in rural areas
flirtation; seductive talk; erotic talk
rude word; inappropriate word; coarse language
roundabout explanation; ignorant or outdated remarks; one's words; one's speaking
flattering words; flattery
kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style
words and deeds of the people of yore
number of dialectal versions of a word
Imperial Declaration of Humanity (renunciation of imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)
secondary substantive (inflectable word or phrase that acts as an uninflectable within a sentence)
witness (giving testimony); deponent
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972)
successful kyogen play; hit
always saying the wrong thing
sweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools
artificial intelligence language; AI language
last piece in a kabuki programme
marked section declaration
target language; object language
pretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back
Hachijō dialects; Hachijō language
place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage (where the interlude kyogen actors wait)
Bantu language (of the Bantu language family)
tone language; tonal language
dialects of Japanese spoken in Western Tottori prefecture and Eastern Shimane prefecture
upcoming program; upcoming programme
open marked section declaration
Hichiku dialect (western Kyushu)
mythomania; propensity to lie
large language model; LLM
tile discarded and turned sideways after declaring rīchi
application development language
linguistic map; linguistic atlas
speech and behavior; words and deeds
speak and write plainly (frankly); speak and write without reserve
tone language; tonal language
Bonin English; Ogasawara English
data manipulation language; DML
words provide more warmth than cloth
auxiliary inflecting word; in Japanese, auxiliary verbs and adjectives
problem-oriented language
command language; control language
written language; literary language
Interface Definition Language
data definition language; DDL
system conformance statement
sociology of language; sociolinguistics
good advice is harsh to the ear
linguistic purism; linguistic protectionism
theory of linguistic relativity
categorical judgment (judgement)
computer-dependent language
link type declaration subset
Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences
Job Control Language; JCL
person with a language disorder; person with a speech disorder
language attrition (process of losing a native or first language); linguistic attrition; hypophrasia
language being translated to; target language
data description language; DDL
disjunctive judgment (judgement)
state's evidence; crown evidence
document type declaration subset
type declaration statement
logic programming language
fourth generation language; 4GL
good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears
hypothetical judgment (judgement)
Computer Mediated Communication; CMC
multilingual; in many languages
computational linguistics
small language model; SLM
protocol implementation conformance statement; PICS
attribute (definition) list declaration
language being translated from; source language
structured query language; SQL
document type declaration
declarative macro instruction
application-oriented language
speech-language-hearing therapy
SQL; Structured Query Language
Hypermedia; Time-based Structuring Language; HyTime
declaration of ending a state of war
attribute definition list declaration
computer-dependent language
CDL; Computer Design Language
short reference use declaration
short reference mapping declaration
theatre that uses water for tricks, etc.(during hot weather)
kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)