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Speech and expression — 発言と表現

Statement and rebuttal, advice and persuasion, hinting, exaggeration, metaphor, summary. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

はつげん noun

発言 a remark, speaking up

ちんじゅつ noun

陳述 statement (formal)

べんめい noun

弁明 explanation, defence of oneself

べんかい noun

弁解 excuse, justification

ていげん noun

提言 proposal, recommendation

ちゅうこく noun

忠告 advice, warning

じょげん noun

助言 advice, counsel

せっとく noun

説得 persuasion

だんげん noun

断言 assertion, declaring flatly

めいげん noun

明言 stating clearly

あんじ noun

暗示 hint, suggestion

しさ noun

示唆 suggestion, implication

こちょう noun

誇張 exaggeration

えんきょくな-adj

婉曲 roundabout, euphemistic

ひにく noun

皮肉 irony, sarcasm

ひゆ noun

比喩 metaphor, simile

れいじ noun

例示 giving an example

ようやく noun

要約 summary

ほそく noun

補足 supplement, addition

ていせい noun

訂正 correction

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Speech and expression — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1 Write the Japanese

exaggeration

noun

summary

noun

stating clearly

noun

excuse, justification

noun

suggestion, implication

noun

assertion, declaring flatly

noun

roundabout, euphemistic

な-adj

statement (formal)

noun

advice, counsel

noun

proposal, recommendation

noun

2 What does it mean?

比喩

皮肉

例示

訂正

説得

弁明

忠告

暗示

発言

補足

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