失言

しつげん

verbal gaffe, verbal slip, slip of the tongue, using improper words

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

言葉を切る

ことばをきる

to stop talking, to break off, to pause

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

言葉を交える

ことばをまじえる

to exchange words

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

言葉を交わす

ことばをかわす

to exchange words

言葉をもじる

ことばをもじる

to make a pun on a word

言葉をかける

ことばをかける

to speak to, to give a (something) talk to, to speak words of (something)

言の葉

ことのは ことのえ

word