Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こと
Grade: 2
は > ば
Grade: 3
つか > づか
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From 言葉 (word) +‎ 遣い (way of using).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こと)()(づか) (kotobazukaiことばづかひ (kotobadukafi)?

  1. expression, wording, way of speaking
    目上(めうえ)(ひと)には言葉遣(ことばづか)注意(ちゅうい)しなさい
    meue no hito ni wa kotobazukai o chūishinasai
    Be careful of how you talk to the superiors

See also edit

References edit

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