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片言 (katakoto)

a smattering, talk like a baby, speak haltingly

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

片言 (かたこと, katakoto) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “a smattering, talk like a baby, speak haltingly”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 6

僕ぼくの片言かたことの英語えいごがなんとか通つうじたのでほっとしました。

I was relieved that I could make my broken English understood.

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.

彼はほとんど理解できない片言の英語で話した。

He spoke in a broken English that was hard to understand.

トムは片言のフランス語しか話せない。

Tom can speak only a little French.

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