Word Meaning 意余って言葉足らず

いあまってことばたらず iamattekotobatarazu

意余って言葉足らず is read as いあまってことばたらず (iamattekotobatarazu) and means unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings).

Meaning

English

unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings)
being at a loss for words

Reading

Kana

いあまってことばたらず

Romaji

iamattekotobatarazu

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 54 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 91957 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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れ足す言葉

れたすことば

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

言葉たらず

ことばたらず

lack of words

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)

大和言の葉

やまとことのは

waka

お国言葉

おくにことば

local dialect

言葉後

ことばじり

slip of the tongue

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')