Word Meaning 刺のある言葉

とげのあることば togenoarukotoba

刺のある言葉 is read as とげのあることば (togenoarukotoba) and means stinging (barbed) words.

Meaning

English

  1. stinging (barbed) words
  2. harsh language

Reading

Kana

とげのあることば

Romaji

togenoarukotoba

Writing Variants

  • 刺の有る言葉 とげのあることば toge no arukotoba

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 100979 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

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島言葉

しまくとぅば

Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)

島言葉

しまことば

island language

逆さ言葉

さかさことば

word said backwards

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)

下郎言葉

げろうことば

low-class language

吉原言葉

よしはらことば

language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period

田舎言葉

いなかことば

provincial dialect