こうぜつ

口舌
talking recklessly
quarreling
curtain lecture
words
tongue

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I

こうぜつ【口舌】

words.

●口舌の争い a battle of words; verbal warfare [contention]

・口舌の徒 a controversialist; a man [woman] of many words

・口舌の雄 a (great) talker

・その惨状は口舌の及ばぬところである. The horror of the scene is beyond description (in words).

II

こうぜつ【後舌】

the back [rear] (part) of the tongue.

後舌母音[子音] a back vowel [consonant].