Vocabulary
ことばをつつしむ言葉を慎む ことばをつつしむ言葉を慎む ことばをつつしむ言葉を慎む

Meaning

to watch what one says and to mind one's language

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

言葉を慎む
to watch what one says, to mind one's language
ことばをつつしむ
言
say, word
い.う, こと, ゲン
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
葉
leaf, plane, lobe...
は, ヨウ
艹
( 艸 ) grass, radical number 140
枼
table, flat pieces of wood, slip...
うすいきふだ, まど, ヨウ
世
generation, world, society...
よ, セイ, セ
廿
twenty
にじゅう, ジュウ, ニュウ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
丨
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
すす.む, しりぞ.く, コン
木
tree, wood
き, こ-, ボク
慎
humility, be careful, discreet...
つつし.む, つつ.ましい, シン
忄
( 心 ) heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
こころ, シン
真
true, reality, Buddhist sect
ま, ま-, シン
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
具
tool, utensil, means...
そな.える, つぶさ.に, グ
目
eye, class, look...
め, -め, モク
書

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