寡言

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Chinese

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few; widowed
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
 
simp. and trad.
(寡言)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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寡言

  1. taciturn; reticent

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (寡言):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
げん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()(げん) (kagen-na (adnominal ()(げん) (kagen na), adverbial ()(げん) (kagen ni))

  1. taciturn, reticent

Inflection

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Noun

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()(げん) (kagen

  1. reticence, taciturnity

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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寡言 (gwa'eon) (hangeul 과언)

  1. Hanja form? of 과언 (reticence, taciturnity).