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片言
かたこと
N1
particle
Meanings
1
broken (in reference to speaking style, e.g., Japanese)
2
prattle
3
broken language
4
halting language
Example sentence
そのアメリカ人の男の子は片言の日本語を話した。
The American boy spoke broken Japanese.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 片言 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
片
One-sided, Leaf, Sheet
4 strokes
言
Say, Word
7 strokes
More words with
片
破片
はへん ·
fragment
N2
片手
かたて ·
one hand
片方
かたほう ·
one side
片道
かたみち ·
one-way (trip)
N2
断片
だんぺん ·
fragment
片側
Full entry on Jisho
かたがわ ·
one side
欠片
かけら ·
fragment
片寄る
かたよる ·
to be one-sided
N2
More words with
言
言わば
いわば ·
so to speak
N3
言う
いう ·
to say
N5
言葉
ことば ·
language
N5
宣言
せんげん ·
declaration
N1
発言
はつげん ·
utterance
N1
言語
げんご ·
language
N3
証言
しょうげん ·
evidence
N1
提言
ていげん ·
proposal
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