Word Meaning 話し言葉

はなしことば hanashikotoba

話し言葉 is read as はなしことば (hanashikotoba) and means spoken language.

Meaning

English

  1. spoken language
  2. colloquial expression

Reading

Kana

はなしことば

Romaji

hanashikotoba

Writing Variants

  • 話しことば はなしことば hanashikotoba
  • 話言葉 はなしことば hanashikotoba

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 書き言葉 Rank 6913 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

言葉

けとば

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

女言葉

おんなことば

women's language

Example Sentences

2

Be mindful of the differences between written and spoken language.

In spoken language, we do not pause between words, a fact that is somewhat surprising. We seem to hear separate words; we can clearly make them out.