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片言

かたこと

Readings

かたことカタコト

Meanings

  1. 1.
    n, adj-noprattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering

Kanji breakdown

N44 strokesGrade 6
N27 strokesGrade 2

Example sentences

そのアメリカ人の男の子は片言の日本語を話した。

The American boy spoke broken Japanese.

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片言かたこと

prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering

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