- 言う【いう】 - to say, to utter, to declare, to name, to call, to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise 
- 言葉【ことば】 - language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition 
- 言える【いえる】 - to be possible to say, to be able to say, said, have said 
- 発言【はつげん】 - statement, remark, observation, utterance, speech, proposal 
- 証言【しょうげん】 - testimony, (verbal) evidence 
- 言い方【いいかた】 - way of saying (something), way of putting it, wording, phrasing, language, expression 
- 言い訳【いいわけ】 - excuse, explanation 
- 伝言【でんごん】 - verbal message, word (from someone) 
- 助言【じょげん】 - advice, counsel, suggestion, tip, hint 
- と言った【といった】 - such ... as, or some such 
- って言う【っていう】 - meaning, called, said 
- 宣言【せんげん】 - declaration, proclamation, announcement 
- 伝言【つてこと】 - verbal message, word (from someone), rumour, rumor 
- 一言【ひとこと】 - single word, a few words, brief comment 
- と言っても【といっても】 - although I say, although one might say, although called 
- 予言【よげん】 - prediction, prophecy, prognostication, foretelling, forecast, (religious) prophecy 
- 言い出す【いいだす】 - to begin to say, to start talking, to broach (a matter), to bring up, to come out with, to be the first to say, to suggest (doing), to propose 
- 言語【げんご】 - language 
- 予言【かねごと】 - promise, prediction 
- 遺言【ゆいごん】 - will, testament, last request, dying wish