過言 (かごん)exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much

過言, its kanji, and other words that share them.Open this graph

Kanji in 過言

過去かこthe past; bygone days
過程かていprocess; course
過半数かはんすうmajority
経過けいかpassage (of time); elapsing
過激かげきextreme; radical
通過つうかpassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon)
過ぎすぎpast; after
過剰かじょうexcess; surplus
宣言せんげんdeclaration; proclamation
発言はつげんstatement; remark
言ういうto say; to utter
言わばいわばso to speak; so to call it
言葉ことばlanguage; dialect
証言しょうげんtestimony; (verbal) evidence
提言ていげんproposal; motion
言げんword; remark

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