私語

See also: 私语

Chinese

personal; private; selfish
 
speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (私語)
simp. (私语)

Pronunciation


Verb

私語

  1. (literary) to whisper; to talk in hushed tones

Derived terms

Noun

私語

  1. secret talk; confidences

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

私語 (hiragana しご, rōmaji shigo)

  1. whisper, whispering; private or secret talk
    • 1999 - Kōshun Takami, Battle Royale (2003, Ōta, Tokyo)
       () ()をするんじゃない!
      Shigo o suru n ja nai!
      No whispering!

Verb

私語する (hiragana しごする, rōmaji shigo suru)

  1. whisper

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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