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ことば 言葉

〈言語〉 speech; language; 〈単語〉 a word; 〈句〉 a phrase; 〈表現〉 an expression; 〈用語〉 a term; 〈国語〉 a language; 【形式ばった表現】 a tongueおことば

言葉の

verbal

言葉の多い

wordy

talkative

言葉の少ない

【形式ばった表現】 taciturn

《a man》 of few words

言葉を荒げる

speak harshly [in an angry tone]

言葉を返す

answer [talk] back

retort

言葉をかける

speak to somebody

【形式ばった表現】 address somebody

言葉を交わす

talk with somebody

have a word with somebody

言葉に表わす

put 《something》 into words

考えを言葉に表わす

express one's thoughts

put one's thoughts into words

think aloud [out loud]

言葉静かに

in a calm tone

calmly

言葉少なに

briefly

in a few words

言葉巧みに

with sweet [【形式ばった表現】 honeyed, cajoling] words..

用例

それが父親に向かって言う言葉か. Is that the way to talk to your father? お礼の言葉もございません. I don't know how to express my thanks. 初めてアメリカへ行ったときは言葉が通じなくて困りました. When I first went to the United States, I had a hard time trying to make myself understood. 君の感想を君自身の言葉で語るべきだ. You should describe what you thought about it in your own words. あの人の言う事を言葉どおりにとってはいけない. You must not take him at his word. その本に述べられている思想が非常に抽象的な上にむずかしい言葉で書かれていたので, ごくわずかな人しか理解できなかった. 【形式ばった表現】 The book was so abstract in thought and difficult in language that only a few people could understand it.

言葉を飾る

use high‐flown [fancy] language

言葉を飾らない

do not mince matters [one's words]

call a spade a spade.

言葉を借りる

borrow somebody's expression [words]

用例

彼の言葉を借りて言えば, 彼女は観音菩薩だ. In his phrase [To use his words], she is the Goddess of Mercy.

言葉を添える

put in a good word for somebody

用例

私たちの募金運動にお言葉を添えてくださるとありがたいのですが. It would help us greatly if you could give a good word for our fund‐raising drive.

言葉を尽くす

explain 《something》 at length.

言葉を慎む

be careful in one's speech [of one's language]

用例

言葉を慎みなさい. Mind your language.｜Watch what you say.

言葉を濁す

【形式ばった表現】 equivocate

【形式ばった表現】 prevaricate.

言葉に甘える

accept [【形式ばった表現】 avail oneself of] somebody's kind offer

用例

お言葉に甘えてお願い申します. Thank you very much; in that case I would like to accept your kind offer.

言葉に余る

cannot express in words

感謝の気持ちは言葉にあまる

don't know how to express one's gratitude.

言葉に尽くせない

【形式ばった表現】 be indescribable

【形式ばった表現】 be inexpressible

【形式ばった表現】 be beyond (all) description.

言葉数

用例

君はどうも言葉数が多すぎる. You tend to talk too much.

言葉尻

言葉尻をとらえる

trip somebody up with [catch somebody in] his own words

用例

彼は相手の言葉尻をとらえて揚げ足をとるのがうまい. He is always quick to jump on any slip of the tongue by his opponent.

言葉遣い

wording

language

use [choice] of words

言葉遣いに気をつける

be careful in one's speech [choice of words]

watch one's language

weigh one's words

言葉遣いの丁寧[乱暴]な人

a civil‐[rough‐]spoken person

用例

人となりは言葉遣いでわかってしまう. People are judged by how they speak [by the language they use].

言葉付き

⇒言葉遣い.

斎藤和英大辞典

言葉

読み方 ことば

名詞

1

（語）a word; a term:（熟語）a phrase; an expression

用例

思想は言葉をもっていい表す
Thoughts are expressed by means of words.

君は妙な言葉を使う
You use curious words―curious expressions―curious phrases.

言葉をはさむ
to put in a word―interpose

言葉写しに繰返す
to repeat word for word―verbatim

言葉に窮した
I am at a loss for a word.

この言葉には故事がある
The phrase has a historical origin.

仏教臭い言葉だ
The expression savours of Buddhism.

学術の言葉
a technical term

専門家の言葉で言えば
To express it in technical terms,...

きれいな言葉
a delicate expression

うまい言葉
a happy expression

君は言葉数を知っているから好い
You have a large vocabulary―an extensive vocabulary.

僕は言葉数を知らないから困る
I have a limited vocabulary.

2

（＝国語）a language; a tongue

用例

日本の言葉
the Japanese language―the Japanese tongue-Japanese

彼は方々の言葉に通じている
He speaks several languages.

世界中に通ずる言葉は英語だけだ
English is the only language that is spoken all the world over.

二人は言葉が通じない
They can not understand each other.

初めて洋行した時、言葉が通じなくて困った
The first time I went abroad, I could not make myself understood.

君は生徒に言葉が通ずるか
Can you make yourself understood by your students?

3

（＝言語）speech; language; expression; words

用例

謝するに言葉無し（このありがたさは言葉に尽せぬ）
I know not what words to thank you―I can never thank you enough―My gratitude is beyond my power of expression.

言葉を飾る
to adorn one's speech

言葉の花
flowers of speech―figures of speech

上品な言葉
refined language―chaste language

下等な言葉
vulgar language

平凡な言葉
commonplace expressions―hackneyed expressions―trite expressions

過激な言葉
strong language―violent language

曖昧な言葉
ambiguous words

赤心から出る言葉
words that flow from one's heart―sincere words

言葉を慎む
to control one's speech―bridle one's tongue―weigh one's words

言葉を荒らげる
to break out into violent language

言葉を荒らげて言う
to speak in violent language―speak with vehemence

人と言葉を交わす
to bandy words with one

人の言葉をとがめる
to cavil at one's words―catch one tripping―set one right

人の言葉の先を折る
to interrupt one in one's speech

言葉に力を入れて言う
to lay stress on one's words―speak with emphasis

言葉を換えて言えば
in other words,―that is to say

言葉の少ない人だ
He is a man of few words―a taciturn man.

〈以下特例〉

用例

人と言葉を交える
to talk with one―speak with one

人に言葉をかける
to speak to one―accost one

知らない人に言葉をかけられた
I was accosted by a stranger.

彼はその娘に優しい言葉をかけた
He spoke kindly to her.

言葉をつかえる
to promise―make a promise―give one's word

言葉を違える
to break one's promise―break one's word

言葉を濁す
to equivocate―prevaricate―shift and prevaricate

それではお言葉に甘えて
Then I shall presume upon your kindness.

言葉を返す
to talk back―answer back―retort

東北人は言葉が鼻にかかる
People from the North-east speak through the nose.

答えるに言葉無し
I am at a loss for an answer.

売言葉に買言葉
（to give） tit for tat

その風景はことばに尽くせぬ
The scenery is beautiful beyond description―The beauty of scenery beggars description.

4

（＝方言）a dialect

用例

田舎言葉
a country dialect―a provincial dialect―a rustic dialect

大阪言葉
the Osaka dialect

国によって言葉が違う
The dialect varies with the province.

言葉は国の手形
The dialect is the index of the province.

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（＝言葉遣い）

→『ことばづかい（言葉遣）』

JMdict

言葉

読み方：けとば、ことば

詞、辞 とも書く

(1)

（名詞） language; dialect

(2)

word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark

(3)

speech; (manner of) speaking

JST科学技術用語日英対訳辞書

言葉

speech; word; language

英和医学用語集

言葉

word

ライフサイエンス辞書

言葉

**** ことば

(n*) word ****

関連語

単語

用例

word [単語]

Subjects performed two tasks (sentence reading and short-term memory for five words) either separately or concurrently. (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA)

The word 'experiment' is precisely chosen as the outcome is not certain. (Curr Opin Microbiol)

words [言葉]

Data from three previous experiments were analyzed to test the hypothesis that brain waves of spoken or written words can be represented by the superposition of a few sine waves. (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA)

These findings are evidence that readers use the words in a sentence (as cues to their world knowledge) to estimate relative likelihoods for upcoming words. (Nat Neurosci)

If your language did not have words for numbers, would you be able to think about numeric quantities? (Curr Biol)

list of words [単語リスト]

In addition, this region was activated by the recall of lists of words during verbal fluency tasks. (Brain)

in other words [換言すれば]

In other words, we find only limited overlap in miscibility phase behavior of monolayers and bilayers for the lipids studied. (Biophys J)

In other words, it functions as a secondary-active multidrug uptake system. (Nature)

In other words, children have to evaluate the sample sentences and choose one grammar out of a limited set of candidate grammars. (J Theor Biol)

wordの共起表現

日本語WordNet(英和)

言葉

【名詞】

1 linguistic communication, language

音または慣習的記号を用いたコミュニケーションの体系的な手段

(a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

he taught foreign languages 彼は外国語を教えた the language introduced is standard throughout the text 紹介された言語はどんなテキストでも標準である the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written プログラムが実行される速度はそれが書かれている言語に依存する

2 words

話されたり、書かれたりする言語

(language that is spoken or written)

he has a gift for words 彼は口説きの才能がある she put her thoughts into words 彼女は自分の考えを言葉にした

3 word

ネイティブスピーカーが同定できる言語の単位

(a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

words are the blocks from which sentences are made 単語は文を作る単位だ he hardly said ten words all morning 彼は午前中いっぱいでやっと10語を話した

4 statement

述べられたまたは言い切られたメッセージ

(a message that is stated or declared)

according to his statement he was in London on that day 彼の言明によると彼はその日ロンドンにいた

5 tongue, natural language

コミュニティによって使われる人間の書面のあるいは話言葉

(a human written or spoken language used by a community)

6 choice of words, wording, verbiage, phrasing, diction, phraseology

何かを言葉で表現するときの方法

(the manner in which something is expressed in words)

use concise military verbiage- G.S.Patton 簡潔な軍事冗言をする−G.S.パットン

7 spoken language, spoken communication, voice communication, language, speech communication, speech, oral communication

口から発する言葉によるコミュニケーション

(communication by word of mouth)

his speech was garbled 彼の言葉は不明瞭だった he uttered harsh language 彼は乱暴な言葉を吐いた he recorded the spoken language of the streets 彼は街の言葉を記録して歩いた

8 words

話される言葉

(the words that are spoken)

I listened to his words very closely 私は彼の言葉に耳を傾けた

9 son, word, logos

神の聖なる言葉

(the divine word of God)

>>「言葉」に関する類語一覧

EDR日英対訳辞書

言葉

読み方 コトバ

statement；phrasing；part

日英・英日専門用語辞書

言葉

language

日英固有名詞辞典

言葉

日本人苗字

読み方	英語式	ヘボン式	訓令式	ワープロ式
ことば	Kotoba	Kotoba	Kotoba	Kotoba

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言葉

日本人名前

読み方	英語式	ヘボン式	訓令式	ワープロ式
ことは	Kotoha	Kotoha	Kotoha	Kotoha
ことのは	Kotonoha	Kotonoha	Kotonoha	Kotonoha
ことば	Kotoba	Kotoba	Kotoba	Kotoba

クロスランゲージ 37分野専門語辞書

言葉

written words; language

JMnedict

言葉

	読み方	意味・英語表記
言葉	かたり	（人名） Katari
言葉	ことのは	（女性名） Kotonoha
言葉	ことは	（女性名） Kotoha
言葉	ことば	（女性名） Kotoba

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