Meaning of 書き言葉(かきことば) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 書き言葉

Kana Reading かきことば

Romaji kakikotoba

Examples of 書き言葉, かきことば in a sentence

スペイン語の書き言葉は、ほんのいくらかわかるが、スペイン語の話し言葉ときたら、ちんぷんかんぷんだ。

I can understand written Spanish just a little but spoken Spanish is Greek to me.

葉 JLPT 3

12 strokes

leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

On'Yomi: ヨウ

Kun'Yomi: は

書 JLPT 5

10 strokes

write

On'Yomi: ショ

Kun'Yomi: か.く, -が.き, -がき

言 JLPT 5

7 strokes

say

On'Yomi: ゲン, ゴン

Kun'Yomi: い.う, こと

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