READING  ゲン、ゴン、い-う、こと
MEANING  say
JLPT level N4 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
げんご, ごんご
language
といって
however, because, as
はつげん
utterance, speech, proposal
げんがい
unexpressed, implied, implicit
じょげん, じょごん
advice, suggestion
 
Example sentences
言語
4億人の人が英語を第一言語として話します。
400 million people speak English as their first language.
 
マオリ文化は私たちの間にますます広がり、彼らの言語は公用語の1つになっています。
Maori culture is now spreading more and more among us and their language has become an official language.
と言って
「広辞苑にこう書いてあります」と言って、広辞苑を唯一の拠り所に論陣を張る人がよくいる。
There are a lot of people who say, "it says this in Koujien," and use that dictionary as the only grounds for their argument.
発言
騒ぎの発端は彼の不注意な発言からだった。
The beginning of the trouble was his careless remark.
 
発言を求められたことを光栄に思います。
I am honored that you should ask me to speak.
言外
言外の意味をとってください。
Please read between the lines.
 
言外の意味を読み取るならば、この手紙はお金の無心です。
If you read between the lines, this letter is a request for money.
助言
賢明で良心的な人に助言を求めなさい。
Take counsel with a man who is wise and of a good conscience.
 
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