Illustration: In a Japanese municipal meeting room, a resident stands among rows of seated neighbors and speaks into a handheld microphone, making a firm open-handed gesture toward officials at the front. Some listeners nod; another raises a hand with an openly doubtful expression, waiting to respond.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

言げん論ろん

genron

expression of views, speech

Example sentences

  1. 言論げんろんの自由じゆうが制限せいげんされている国くにもある。

    Freedom of speech is restricted in some countries.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 言論げんろんの自由じゆうは社会しゃかいに多おおくの利益りえきを授さずける。

    Many advantages accrue to society from the freedom of speech.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 言論げんろんの自由じゆうは現在当然げんざいとうぜんのこととされている。

    Freedom of speech is now taken as a matter of course.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 言論

  • 言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと
  • 論argument; discourseOnロンKunあげつらう

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