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List: linguistics

Terms used in the study of the languages.

Showing 1 - 10 of 610 words for the list linguistics. #ling
声こえkoe

popular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  linguistics 

  • voice
  • singing (of a bird), chirping (of an insect), hoot
  • voice, opinion (as expressed in words), view, wish, attitude, will
  • sound
  • sense (of something's arrival), feeling
  • voice, voiced sound
再建さいけんsaiken

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  transitive verb  linguistics 

  • rebuilding, reconstruction, rehabilitation
  • protoform reconstruction
自動じどうjidou

popular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N3  noun taking the genitive case particle ぎ  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  abbreviation  linguistics 

  • automatic
  • intransitive verb
形態けいたいkeitai

popular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  linguistics 

  • form, shape, figure
  • morph
働きはたらきhataraki

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  linguistics 

  • work, labor, labour
  • achievement, performance, ability, talent
  • salary, income, earnings
  • action, activity, workings, function, operation, movement, motion
  • conjugation, inflection
音声おんせいonsei

popular  noun  noun (generic)  linguistics  audiovisual 

  • voice, speech
  • phone (as opposed to a phoneme), speech sound
  • audio, sound (as opposed to the picture)
  • sound recordist, audio engineer (in film, broadcasting, etc.)
談話だんわdanwa

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  linguistics 

  • talk, conversation, dialogue
  • informal expression of opinion, off-the-cuff remarks, comment
  • discourse
係かかりkakari

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  linguistics 

  • charge, duty, person in charge, official, clerk
  • connection, linking
句くku

popular  JLPT N3  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix)  linguistics  computing 

  • section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph
  • phrase
  • verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
  • haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
  • maxim, saying, idiom, expression
  • clause (e.g. in a database query language)
第一声だいいっせいdaiissei

popular  noun  noun (generic)  linguistics 

  • first words said (e.g. when meeting someone), first thing out of one's mouth
  • first speech, inaugural address
  • first tone (in Chinese), level tone

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