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語彙

ごい

vocabulary

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Examples

  1. 語彙を増やしたい。

    ごいをふやしたい。

    I want to increase my vocabulary.

  2. 彼は語彙が豊富だ。

    かれはごいがほうふだ。

    He has a rich vocabulary.

  3. 毎日少しずつ覚えれば、語彙は自然に増えていく。

    まいにちすこしずつおぼえれば、ごいはしぜんにふえていく。

    If you learn a little every day, your vocabulary grows on its own.

Common patterns

語彙を増やす
to build one's vocabulary
語彙が豊富
to have a rich vocabulary
語彙力
vocabulary ability

Memory tip

彙 means a gathering of things of one kind, so 語彙 is the whole word stock of a person or a field. You cannot use it for one item — a single word is 単語.

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