Word Meaning 山の手言葉

やまのてことば yama no tekotoba

山の手言葉 is read as やまのてことば (yama no tekotoba) and means the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo.

Meaning

English

  1. the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo

Reading

Kana

やまのてことば

Romaji

yama no tekotoba

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 58256 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

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山言葉

やまことば

euphemisms used by hunters, lumberjacks, etc. when in the wild

言葉

ことば

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)

大和言葉

やまとことば

word of Japanese origin

国言葉

くにことば

national language

お国言葉

おくにことば

local dialect

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