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    3. 話し言葉

    話し言葉

    話はなし​言こと葉ば

    spoken language

    KMT9News #31+1CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab33 strokes

    話しことば話言葉

    はなしことば

    Noun

    1.
    spoken language, colloquial expression

    Stroke 0 / 33

    Speed1.0x

    話はなし言こと葉ばと書かき言こと葉ばは違ちがいます。

    Spoken language and written language are different.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEducation
    日に本ほん語ごの話はなし言こと葉ばには、多おおくの省しょう略りゃく形けいがあります。

    Japanese spoken language has many abbreviated forms.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEducation
    外がい国こく語ごを学まなぶ上うえで、話はなし言こと葉ばを習しゅう得とくすることは非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ようです。

    When learning a foreign language, mastering spoken language is very important.

    KMT9EducationCore Concepts
    インターネットスラングは、話はなし言こと葉ばから生うまれた新あたらしい表ひょう現げんです。

    Internet slang is a new expression born from spoken language.

    KMT9Internet & Social MediaCulture & TraditionsCore Concepts
    彼かれのスピーチは、話はなし言こと葉ばでありながら非ひ常じょうに論ろん理り的てきで聞きき取とりやすかった。

    His speech, though in spoken language, was very logical and easy to understand.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEducation

    Characters that make up this word

    話
    はな.す・はなし…(1)
    tale・talk
    Kanji
    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
    Kanji
    葉
    は…(3)
    leaf・plane・lobe・needle・blade…(4)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
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