| Level 4 vocabulary |
| 言葉 | (n) word(s)/ language/ speech/ (P) |  |
| Level 2 vocabulary |
| 言い出す | (v5s) to start talking/ to speak/ to tell/ to propose/ to suggest/ to break the ice/ (P) |  |
| 言い付ける | (v1) to tell/ to tell on (someone)/ to order/ to charge/ to direct/ (P) |  |
| 言わば | (adv) so to speak/ (P) |  |
| 言語 | (n) language/ (P) |  |
| 言付ける | (v1) to send word/ to send a message/ (P) |  |
| 言葉遣い | (n) speech/ expression/ wording/ (P) |  |
| 一言 | (n) single word/ (P) |  |
| 独り言 | (n) a soliloquy/ a monologue/ speaking to oneself/ (P) |  |
| 方言 | (n) dialect/ (P) |  |
| Level 1 vocabulary |
| 片言 | (n) a smattering/ talk like a baby/ speak haltingly |  |
| 言論 | (n) discussion/ (P) |  |
| 証言 | (n,vs) evidence/ testimony/ (P) |  |
| 助言 | (n) advice/ suggestion/ (P) |  |
| 宣言 | (n,vs) declaration/ proclamation/ announcement/ (P) |  |
| 断言 | (n,vs) assertion/ declaration/ affirmation |  |
| 伝言 | (n,vs) verbal message/ rumor/ word/ (P) |  |
| 発言 | (n) utterance/ speech/ proposal/ (P) |  |
| 無言 | (n) silence/ (P) |  |
| 予言 | (n) prediction/ promise/ prognostication/ (P) |  |