Word Meaning 遊び言葉

あそびことば asobikotoba

遊び言葉 is read as あそびことば (asobikotoba) and means filled pause (e.g. um, er).

Meaning

English

  1. filled pause (e.g. um, er)
  2. filler word

Reading

Kana

あそびことば

Romaji

asobikotoba

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 105415 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

遊ばせ言葉

あそばせことば

polite language used by women

言葉遊び

ことばあそび

word game

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)

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