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言葉遣い

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

言葉遣い — “manner of speaking, choice of words, wording”

言葉遣い (read ことばづかい) means manner of speaking, choice of words, wording. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list.

Reading

ことばづかい

Meaning

manner of speaking, choice of words, wording

言葉遣い in a sentence

言葉遣いことばづかいが丁寧ていねいだ。

Their manner of speaking is polite.

The kanji in 言葉遣い

言to speak; words
葉leaf
遣to send; expense/consideration

Words that share a kanji with 言葉遣い

言ういう— to say
言葉ことば— language; word(s); expression(s)
言わばいわば— so to speak, as it were
言語げんご— language
一言ひとこと— a word, a few words
言い出すいいだす— to bring up (a topic), to start talking, to propose
言い付けるいいつける— to order, to tell (someone to do); to tell on, to tattle
言付けることづける— to send word, to leave a message, to send (via someone)

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