Word Meaning れ足す言葉

れたすことば retasukotoba

れ足す言葉 is read as れたすことば (retasukotoba) and means adding a superfluous "re" to the potential form of a godan verb.

Meaning

English

  1. adding a superfluous "re" to the potential form of a godan verb

Reading

Kana

れたすことば

Romaji

retasukotoba

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 77430 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

意余って言葉足らず

いあまってことばたらず

unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings)

言葉

けとば

language

話し言葉

はなしことば

spoken language

書き言葉

かきことば

written word

合言葉

あいことば

motto

花言葉

はなことば

language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love)

お国言葉

おくにことば

local dialect

山の手言葉

やまのてことば

the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo

さ入れ言葉

さいれことば

sa-added word (i.e. causative forms with an extra 'sa' like 'ikasaseru' for 'iku')

流行言葉

はやりことば

buzzword

通り言葉

とおりことば

common word