こと
言
ば
葉
　
を
にご
濁
　
す

expression, Godan verb

Idiomatic expression.
  1. to be vague, to speak ambiguously, to be evasive, to not commit oneself.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こと
言
ば
葉
　
を
にご
濁
　
す
 言葉を濁す ことばをにごす
こと
言
ば
葉
　
を
　
に
　
ご
　
す
 言葉をにごす ことばをにごす
　
こ
　
と
　
ば
　
を
にご
濁
　
す
 ことばを濁す ことばをにごす

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)
voiced, uncleanness, wrong
にご.る　ダク　ジョク (Early Jr. High, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
green caterpillar, Szechwan
ショク　ゾク　いもむし (Kentei 1)
net, (罒 variant)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ　ボウ　あみがしら
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)