Word Meaning 語呂合わせ

ごろあわせ goroawase

語呂合わせ is read as ごろあわせ (goroawase) and means wordplay.

Meaning

English

  1. wordplay
  2. play on words
  3. pun
  4. rhyming game

Reading

Kana

ごろあわせ

Romaji

goroawase

Writing Variants

  • ゴロ合わせ ごろあわせ goroawase
  • 語路合わせ ごろあわせ goroawase

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 101571 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

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語呂

ごろ

sound (of a sentence)

語り合う

かたりあう

to talk together

言語結合

げんごけつごう

language binding

合成語

ごうせいご

compound word

総合的言語

そうごうてきげんご

synthetic language

語源

ごげん

origin of a word

語句

ごく

words

語り継ぐ

かたりつぐ

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation

語尾

ごび

(inflectional) ending of a word

語を結ぶ

ごをむすぶ

to conclude one's speech