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    3. てよだわ言葉

    てよだわ言葉

    て​よ​だ​わ​言こと葉ば

    teyo-dawa speech

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab30 strokes

    てよだわことば

    Noun

    1.
    teyo-dawa speech, mid-Meiji period schoolgirl slang in which sentence-end particles "teyo" and "dawa" were used prominently

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    Characters that make up this word

    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
    Kanji
    葉
    は…(3)
    leaf・plane・lobe・needle・blade…(4)
    Kanji
    て
    te
    Kana
    よ
    yo
    Kana
    だ
    da
    Kana
    わ
    wa
    Kana
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    • 言
    • 葉
    • て
    • よ
    • だ
    • わ

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