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How to say 'English' in Japanese | 英語

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The Japanese word for English is 'Eigo', written as 英語 in Japanese.'English' in hiragana is えいご.

    word

    英語

    Meaning

    English

    Reading

    えいご

    eigo

    Kanji

    英England, Distinguished 語Language, Word

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '英語 (えいご)' refers to the English language. It is commonly used in contexts related to language learning, communication, or anything involving the English language. For example: I study English「私は英語を勉強します」(わたしはえいごをべんきょうします). This book is written in English「この本は英語で書かれています」(このほんはえいごでかかれています). The word can also be used to describe things related to the English language, such as '英語の先生 (えいごのせんせい)' (English teacher) or '英語の授業 (えいごのじゅぎょう)' (English class).

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N4

    Kanji Grade

    4

    Frequency

    938

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 英語

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    英

    Meaning

    England, Distinguished

  • kanji

    語

    Meaning

    Language, Word

Words Related to 英語 Through the Kanji 英

These 6 Words contain the Kanji 英 as well.

  • word

    英文

    Meaning

    English writing

  • word

    英和

    Meaning

    English Japanese

  • word

    英国

    Meaning

    Britain

  • word

    英

    Meaning

    England

  • word

    英雄

    Meaning

    Hero

  • word

    和英

    Meaning

    Japanese and English

Words Related to 英語 Through the Kanji 語

These 14 Words contain the Kanji 語 as well.

  • word

    語

    Meaning

    Word

  • word

    語る

    Meaning

    Tell

  • word

    外国語

    Meaning

    Foreign language

  • word

    言語

    Meaning

    Language

  • word

    物語

    Meaning

    Tale

  • word

    敬語

    Meaning

    Honorifics

  • word

    外来語

    Meaning

    Loanword

  • word

    語学

    Meaning

    Languages

  • word

    共通語

    Meaning

    Common language

  • word

    用語

    Meaning

    Term

  • word

    国語

    Meaning

    National language, Japanese language

  • word

    単語

    Meaning

    Word

  • word

    和語

    Meaning

    Native word

  • word

    物語る

    Meaning

    Indicate, Tell

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