Word Meaning 重ね言葉

かさねことば kasa ne kotoba

重ね言葉 is read as かさねことば (kasa ne kotoba) and means repeated word or phrase.

Meaning

English

  1. repeated word or phrase
  2. redundant wording
  3. succession of words of similar meaning
  4. pleonasm

Reading

Kana

かさねことば

Romaji

kasa ne kotoba

Writing Variants

  • 重ね詞 かさねことば kasa ne kotoba
  • 重言葉 かさねことば kasanekotoba
  • 重詞 かさねことば kasanekotoba

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 67682 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

言葉

ことば

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)

大和言葉

やまとことば

word of Japanese origin

国言葉

くにことば

national language

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')

山言葉

やまことば

euphemisms used by hunters, lumberjacks, etc. when in the wild