Word Meaning 言葉を濁す

ことばをにごす kotoba o nigosu

言葉を濁す is read as ことばをにごす (kotoba o nigosu) and means to be vague.

Meaning

English

  1. to be vague
  2. to speak ambiguously
  3. to be evasive
  4. to not commit oneself

Reading

Kana

ことばをにごす

Romaji

kotoba o nigosu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 108855 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

言葉を尽くす

ことばをつくす

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.)

言葉を残す

ことばをのこす

to leave some things unsaid

言葉遣い

ことばづかい

speech

言葉を継ぐ

ことばをつぐ

to continue (to say)

言葉を慎む

ことばをつつしむ

to watch what one says

言葉の壁

ことばのかべ

language barrier

言葉巧み

ことばだくみ

skillful words

言葉

けとば

language

言葉は身の文

ことばはみのあや

words betray one's character

言葉後

ことばじり

slip of the tongue

言葉通り

ことばどおり

as stated