ごん
言
ご
語
どう
道
だん
断

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の, noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. outrageous, preposterous, scandalous, inexcusable, absurd, execrable.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ごん
言
ご
語
どう
道
だん
断
 言語道断 ごんごどうだん
ごん
言
ご
語
どう
同
だん
断
 言語同断 ごんごどうだん
ごん
言
ご
語
どう
道
だん
斷
 言語道斷 ごんごどうだん

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)
word, speech, language
ゴ　かた.る (2nd, N5)
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)
I, my, our
われ　わが-　あ- (Kentei Pre-1)
five
ゴ　い　いつ (1st, N5)
road-way, street, district
みち　ドウ　ど (2nd, N4)
neck, counter for songs and poems
くび　シュ　おびと (2nd, N3)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ　みずか.ら　おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
severance, decline, refuse
ダン　ことわ.る　た.つ (5th, N3)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ　こめ　マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (Late Jr. High, N1)