言葉を切る

ことばをきる

to stop talking, to break off, to pause

言葉を交える

ことばをまじえる

to exchange words

言葉をもじる

ことばをもじる

to make a pun on a word

言葉

ことば けとば

language, dialect

言葉を濁す

ことばをにごす

to be evasive, to not commit oneself

言葉を継ぐ

ことばをつぐ

to continue (to say)

言葉を挟む

ことばをはさむ

to cut in; to butt in

言葉を紡ぐ

ことばをつむぐ

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

言葉を返す

ことばをかえす

to reply; to respond; to answer

言葉を失う

ことばをうしなう

to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

言葉を慎む

ことばをつつしむ

to watch what one says; to mind one's language

言葉を選ぶ

ことばをえらぶ

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

言葉を吐く

ことばをはく

to talk; to speak

言葉を残す

ことばをのこす

to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words

言葉を呑む

ことばをのむ

to choke up; to be speechless

言葉尻を捉える

ことばじりをとらえる

to cavil at a person's words, to use somebody's words to trip him up

言いかける

いいかける

to start to say, to attempt to say, to be about to say, to break off (mid-sentence)

言葉にする

ことばにする

to put into words; to give expression (to); to state

言葉を尽くす

ことばをつくす

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off