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    言外

    言げん外がい

    unexpressed

    KMT9News #35+1Noun, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    げんがい

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    unexpressed, unspoken, implied, implicit

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    彼かれの言こと葉ばには言げん外がいの意い味みがあった。

    There was an unspoken meaning in his words.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは言げん外がいに不ふ満まんを表ひょう明めいした。

    She implicitly expressed her dissatisfaction.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    その小しょう説せつの魅りょ力くは、言げん外がいに語がたられる登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつの心しん情じょうにある。

    The charm of that novel lies in the unspoken feelings of its characters.

    KMT9LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの沈ちん黙もくは、言げん外がいに多 くの感かん情じょうを伝つたえていた。

    His silence conveyed many emotions implicitly.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    日に本ほん語ごでは、言げん外がいのニュアンスを理り解かいすることが重じゅう要ようだ。

    In Japanese, it's important to understand unspoken nuances.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsDaily LifeEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
    外
    そと・ほか・はず.す・はず.れる・と-…(5)
    outside
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