お
こと
言
ば
葉

noun

Honorific or respectful language.
  1. (your) words, what you say, what you have said.
  2. a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
　
お
こと
言
ば
葉
 お言葉 おことば
お
御
こと
言
ば
葉
 御言葉 おことば

Contained Kanji Breakdown

say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
leaf, plane, lobe
は　ヨウ　よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ　うすいきふだ　まど
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)