Word Meaning 隠し言葉

かくしことば kakushikotoba

隠し言葉 is read as かくしことば (kakushikotoba) and means secret language.

Meaning

English

  1. secret language
  2. argot

Reading

Kana

かくしことば

Romaji

kakushikotoba

Writing Variants

  • 隠し詞 かくしことば kakushikotoba

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 69185 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

下郎言葉

げろうことば

low-class language

吉原言葉

よしわらことば

language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period

田舎言葉

いなかことば

provincial dialect

沖言葉

おきことば

euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)

里言葉

さとことば

countryside dialect

江戸言葉

えどことば

Edo dialect

棄言葉

すてことば

sharp parting remark

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)