英語【えいご】
English (language)
日本語【にほんご】
Japanese (language)
物語【ものがたり】
story, tale, narrative, account, fable, legend
言語【げんご】
language
用語【ようご】
term, terminology, wording, choice of words, phraseology
国語【こくご】
national language, Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan), one's native language, mother tongue, native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
外国語【がいこくご】
foreign language
語る【かたる】
to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
語らう【かたらう】
to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with
物語る【ものがたる】
to tell (a story), to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.), to relate, to recount, to tell of, to show, to indicate, to prove, to attest to
語学【ごがく】
study of foreign languages, linguistics
落語【らくご】
rakugo, traditional Japanese comic storytelling, comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
単語【たんご】
word, vocabulary
季語【きご】
seasonal word (in haiku)
標語【ひょうご】
motto, slogan, catchword
語源【ごげん】
origin of a word, derivation of a word, etymology
外来語【がいらいご】
loanword (in Japanese, esp. those of Western origin), foreign-origin word
死語【しご】
dead language, extinct language, obsolete word, dated word, word that has become passé
敬語【けいご】
honorific, term of respect, polite expression, honorific language
口語【こうご】
spoken language, colloquial speech, (modern) spoken Japanese, written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese