Word Meaning クッション言葉

くっしょんことば kusshonkotoba

クッション言葉 is read as くっしょんことば (kusshonkotoba) and means word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...").

Meaning

English

  1. word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...")

Reading

Kana

くっしょんことば

Romaji

kusshonkotoba

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 75918 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

土地言葉

とちことば

vernacular