Translation of "word play" into Japanese

地口, 言葉遊び are the top translations of "word play" into Japanese.

word play noun grammar

(rhetoric) A technique in which the nature of the words used become part of the subject of the work, such as puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names. [..]

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  • 地口

    noun

  • 言葉遊び

    noun

    literary technique

    There was strong repudiation of the colorful word-play and figures of speech in haiku .

    俳諧 に おけ る ゆ たか な 言葉遊び や 修辞 技巧 を 強 く 否定 し た こと 。

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Phrases similar to "word play" with translations into Japanese

  • to play on words
    しゃれる · 洒落る
  • play on words
    かけことば · きべん · ごろあわせ · ごろ合せ · じぐち · だじゃれ · 危弁 · 地口 · 奇弁 · 懸け詞 · 懸詞 · 掛け詞 · 掛詞 · 洒落る · 言葉遊び · 詭弁 · 詭辯 · 語呂合せ · 語呂合わせ · 語路合せ · 語路合わせ · 駄洒落
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