noun:

• suppression of speech; suppression of dissent; censorship

noun:

• absolute respectful speech; absolute honorifics - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing away from someone because of their speech or actions; having the mood ruined
• zooming out or backing the camera away to get a wider image (film, TV)

adjectival noun / noun:

• slow of speech; prudent

noun:

• relative respectful speech; relative honorifics

noun:

• after-dinner speech; speech made at a dinner (luncheon) - four character idiom

adjective:

• slow of speech; prudent

noun:

• short speech at a dinner - From English "table speech"

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to suit one's speech to the audience ➜ 人を見て法を説け

noun:

• speech physiology

noun:

• speech therapy

noun / ~の noun:

• mixture of correct and broken speech

expression / noun:

• halting speech; stammering Antonym: 立て板に水【たていたにみず】

noun:

• speech therapist

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make a bold speech; to make a bold statement

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to conclude one's speech

noun:

• speech therapy

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to line up points in a speech

noun:

• speech act

noun:

• speech mixing words from two languages ➜ ちゃんぽん

noun:

• speech-language-hearing therapy

noun:

• campaign speech - four character idiom

noun:

• speech-impaired person; person with a speech impediment; mute

noun:

• speech and behavior; words and deeds - obscure term - four character idiom

noun:

• plain speech; direct speech - archaism