喃

のう

excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

喃語

なんご

lover's whispers, sweet nothings, whispered intimacies

喃々

なんなん

chatteringly; wittering on; prattling on; blathering on

喋々喃々

ちょうちょうなんなん

billing and cooing, holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers

字

じ あざ あざな

Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations)

誤字脱字

ごじだつじ

mistaken or missing characters; omissions or errors

一字一字

いちじいちじ

letter by letter, character by character

借字

しゃくじ かりじ

kanji used for sound equivalence

実字

じつじ

kanji character with a concrete meaning

梵字

ぼんじ

Sanskrit characters

字種

じしゅ

character class, set of related or similar characters

字数

じすう

number of characters or letters

嘘字

うそじ

incorrect character

角字

かくじ

type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals

熟字

じゅくじ

kanji compound

小字

こあざ

small administrative unit (of a village)

親字

おやじ しんじ

first character (of a dictionary entry)

字訓

じくん

the Japanese reading of a kanji

本字

ほんじ

Chinese character, unsimplified (original form of) a Chinese character