Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)indescribable; having no way to express

Nounlanguage; dialect · word; phrase; expression; term · speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language

Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verbto say; to utter; to declare · to name; to call · to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

Nounlanguage

Adverb (fukushi)so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbreference; allusion

Nouncommitment; pledge; promise

Nounspeech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbdeclaration; statement; assertion

Noun(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion

Nounone's say; one's point; one's case; one's claim · complaint; objection; grievance

Nounway of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verbexcuse · explanation

Nounexpression; phraseology

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to bring up; to come out with · to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto declare; to assert; to state definitively · to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all; to finish one's sentence

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto express (in words) · to confess

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto talk back; to answer back; to retort; to reply; to respond · to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

Nounspeech; expression; wording; language

Noundoing as one is told; yes-man

Nounsentence; judgment; judgement; pronouncement; order; command

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Nounoutrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

I-adjective (keiyoushi)difficult to speak about

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)skillful words; deceitful words; glibness

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)linguistic

I-adjective (keiyoushi)hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say · embarrassing; delicate

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)inconsistency between one's words and actions; insincerity; saying one thing and doing another

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)completely submissive to another person

I-adjective (keiyoushi)indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable

I-adjective (keiyoushi)ineffable; inexpressible

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)indescribable

I-adjective (keiyoushi)seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)(one) could (even) say ...; it could be said (that) ...; it wouldn't be wrong to say (that) ...

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)admitting no excuse

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)not doing as one is told (esp. of a child); being disobedient; being unruly

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)at a loss for words; stumped for words

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noununexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

Nounspeech and behaviour (behavior)

Noun, Suru verbremark; statement; discourse

Noun(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor

Nounmystical power inherent in words; spirit of language

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbtelling; stating

Nounpromptly