Illustration: At the counter of a small department-store confectionery shop, a young clerk addresses an older customer with deliberate care. Their mouth is mid-sentence, their expression attentive, and one open hand presents a box of sweets while the other rests neatly at their waist.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

言こと葉ば遣づかい

kotobazukai

way of speaking, choice of words

Example sentences

  1. 言葉遣ことばづかいにはいつも気きをつけるべきです。

    You should always be careful in your speech.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは言葉使ことばづかいが荒あらい。

    She is rough in speech.

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  3. 言葉ことばづかいに気きを付つけなさい。

    Watch your language.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 言葉遣

  • 言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと
  • 葉leaf; planeOnヨウKunは
  • 遣dispatch; despatchOnケンKunつかう・つかわす・やる

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