Japanese Word Entry

物言い
Kana:ものいい
Romaji:monoii
Definitions:
  1. manner of speaking

  2. verbal argument

  3. objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee)

  4. rumor, rumour


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Chinese characters used in this word

thing, object, matter, substance, creature
Readings
Mandarin: ㄨˋ (wù)
Cantonese: mat6
Japanese: ブツ (butsu)、 モツ (motsu) / もの (mono)、 もの- (mono-)
Korean: 물 (mul)
Vietnamese: vật

say, word, words, speech, speak, Kangxi radical 149
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧㄢˊ (yán), ㄧㄢˋ (yàn), ㄧㄣˊ (yín)
Cantonese: jin4
Japanese: ゲン (gen)、 ゴン (gon)、 ギン (gin) / い.う (iu)、 こと (koto)、 ことば (kotoba)
Korean: 언 (eon)
Vietnamese: ngôn, ngân
Variants
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