Results, 言葉尻を捕らえる

言葉尻を捉える【ことばじりをとらえるkotobajiriwotoraeru】言葉尻をとらえる・言葉尻を捕らえる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to cavil at a person's words; to use somebody's words to trip him up

Kanji definition:

言
常用２年JLPTN4

ゲンGEN・ゴンGON・いうi.u・ことkoto

say; word

Strokes:
7
Radical:
言訁 speech
SKIP:
2-1-6
UTF:
8a00
JIS208:
24-32
Nanori:
ときtoki
Hangul:
언 [eon]
Pinyin:
yán
Stroke order:
Example words:
言う【いうiu】
to say; to utter; to declare; / to name; to call; / to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
発言【はつげんhatsugen】
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
宣言【せんげんsengen】
declaration; proclamation; announcement
言葉【ことばkotoba】
language; dialect; / word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; / speech; (manner of) speaking; / learning to speak; language acquisition
証言【しょうげんshougen】
testimony; (verbal) evidence
葉
常用３年JLPTN3

ヨウYOU・はha

leaf; plane; lobe; needle; blade; spear; counter for flat things; fragment; piece

Strokes:
12
Radical:
艹艸䒑 grass
SKIP:
2-3-8
UTF:
8449
JIS208:
45-53
Nanori:
よyo・わwa
Hangul:
엽 [yeob] ・ 섭 [seob]
Pinyin:
xié / yè / shè
Stroke order:
Example words:
言葉【ことばkotoba】
language; dialect; / word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; / speech; (manner of) speaking; / learning to speak; language acquisition
葉【はha】
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
青葉【あおばaoba】
fresh leaves
話し言葉【はなしことばhanashikotoba】
spoken language; colloquial expression
枯れ葉【かれはkareha】
dead leaf; dry leaves
尻
常用中学校

コウKOU・しりshiri

buttocks; hips; butt; rear

Strokes:
5
Radical:
尸 corpse
SKIP:
3-3-2
UTF:
5c3b
JIS208:
31-12
Nanori:
がみgami
Hangul:
고 [go]
Pinyin:
kāo
Stroke order:
Example words:
尻【しりshiri】
buttocks; behind; rump; bottom; / undersurface; bottom; / last place; end; / consequence
川尻【かわじりkawajiri】
mouth of a river; lower stream
塩尻【しおじりshiojiri】
cone-shaped
尻に敷く【しりにしくshirinishiku】
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
お尻【おしりoshiri】
bottom; buttocks
捕
常用中学校JLPTN3

ホHO・とらえるto.raeru・とらわれるto.rawareru・とるto.ru・とらえるtora.eru・とらわれるtora.wareru・つかまえるtsuka.maeru・つかまるtsuka.maru

catch; capture

Strokes:
10
Radical:
手扌龵 hand
SKIP:
1-3-7
UTF:
6355
JIS208:
42-65
Hangul:
포 [po]
Pinyin:
bǔ
Stroke order:
Example words:
逮捕【たいほtaiho】
arrest; apprehension; capture
捕虜【ほりょhoryo】
prisoner (of war)
捕鯨【ほげいhogei】
whaling; whale fishing
捕手【ほしゅhoshu】
catcher
捕獲【ほかくhokaku】
capture; seizure

Kanji

言

ゲンGEN・ゴンGON・いうi.u・ことkoto

say; word

葉

ヨウYOU・はha

leaf; plane; lobe; needle; blade; spear; counter for flat things; fragment; piece


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