Word Meaning 過言
かごん
kagon
過言 is read as かごん (kagon) and means exaggeration.
Meaning
English
- exaggeration
- overstatement
- saying too much
- misstatement
- slip of the tongue
- gaffe
Reading
Kana
かごん
Romaji
kagon
Writing Variants
- 過言 かげん kagen
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
3彼は天才だと言っても過言ではない。
It is no exaggeration to say that he is a genius.
一度失われた時間は決して取り戻せないと言っても過言ではない。
It is not too much to say that time once lost can never be recovered.
アウグスティヌスの思想的影響はキリスト教にとどまらず、西洋思想全体に及んでいるといっても過言ではない。
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Augustine's thought had an influence not only on Christianity but on the whole of Western thought.