jmdict 1877050 Active (id#2307450)
言葉を濁す； 言葉をにごす [sK] ； ことばを濁す [sK]
【 ことばをにごす 】
  1. [exp,v5s] [id]
    • to be vague
    • to speak ambiguously
    • to be evasive
    • to not commit oneself
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1415930 濁す【にごす】 2. to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2024-07-29 14:33:56 Stephen Kraus (id#2307450)
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 言葉を濁し　　 │ 21,832 │ 94.5% │
│ 言葉をにごし　 │    961 │  4.2% │ - add, sK
│ ことばを濁し　 │    170 │  0.7% │ - add, sK
│ コトバを濁し　 │     52 │  0.2% │
│ ことばをにごし │     89 │  0.4% │
╰─ーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -5,0 +6,8 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>言葉をにごす</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>ことばを濁す</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2020-06-24 03:11:45 Jim Breen
    • A* 2020-06-24 02:29:21 Opencooper
    • Diff
      @@ -15 +15 @@
-<gloss>to speak ambigously</gloss>
+<gloss>to speak ambiguously</gloss>
    • A 2018-05-20 06:58:06 Jim Breen
    • A* 2018-05-20 03:58:50 Marcus Richert
    • Refs
      gg5
    • Diff
      @@ -12,0 +13,3 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>to be vague</gloss>
+<gloss>to speak ambigously</gloss>
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