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JLPT N1 · Noun

片言 (katakoto)

片言 (かたこと, katakoto) is a Japanese noun meaning “prattle; broken language”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
かたこと
Romaji
katakoto
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech · noun, noun taking の

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.
Tatoeba #213402

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 片言

片
one-sided, leaf, sheetヘン・かた-・かた · 4 strokes
言
say, wordゲン・ゴン・い.う・こと · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 片言.

片仮名かたかなkatakana片付けるかたづけるto put in order片付くかたづくto be put in order片付けかたづけtidying up片道かたみちone-way (trip)破片はへんfragment片寄るかたよるto lean (to one side)片かたone (of a pair)言ういうto say言葉ことばlanguage言語げんごlanguage一言ひとことsingle word伝言でんごん(verbal) message言わばいわばso to speak

Source: JMdict entry 1511640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.