Word Meaning 通語

つうご tsuugo

通語 is read as つうご (tsuugo) and means common saying.

Meaning

English

  1. common saying
  2. slang
  3. argot

Reading

Kana

つうご

Romaji

tsuugo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 94499 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

共通語

きょうつうご

standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)

共通基語

きょうつうきご

protolanguage

通夜

つや

all-night vigil over a body

通り

どおり

Street

通行

つうこう

common usage

通話

つうわ

counter for telephone calls of a set duration

通知

つうち

notification (on a smartphone, PC, etc.)

通学

つうがく

commuting to school

通る

とおる

to be straight (e.g. wood grain)

通行止め

つうこうどめ

closure (of a road)

通す

とおす

to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.)

通う

かよう

to resemble

Example Sentences

5

Music is a universal language.

Music is a common speech for humanity.

English is a kind of universal language.

English is a universal language and is used all over the world.

What would be an appropriate global lingua franca? One group's language or a constructed language?