| 主な訳語 |
| speech n | uncountable (oral communication) | 発言 、 言論 、 発話 名
HHiraganaはつげん 、 げんろん 、 はつわ |
| | Free speech is a necessity in a democracy. |
| | 民主制において言論の自由は不可欠なものです。 |
| speech n | uncountable (pronunciation) (発音) | 話し方 、 言葉つき 、 ろれつ 名
HHiraganaはなしかた 、 ことばつき 、 ろれつ |
| | People tend to have slurred speech after a few beers. |
| | ビールを2、3杯飲むとろれつが回らなくなりがちだ。 |
| speech n | uncountable (way of speaking) | 話し方 名
HHiraganaはなしかた |
| | Most young people's speech is full of slang. |
| | ほとんどの若者の話し方は、俗語を大量に含んでいる。 |
| speech n | uncountable (faculty of speaking) | 話す能力 名
HHiraganaはなすのうりょく |
| | Speech is one of the things that separates humans and animals. |
| | 話す能力は、人間と動物を分けるものの一つだ。 |
| speech n | (declaration, address) | スピーチ 、 演説 、 講演 、 談話 名
HHiraganaすぴーち 、 えんぜつ 、 こうえん 、 だんわ |
| | The vice president's speech was politely applauded. |
| | 副大統領のスピーチ（or: 演説）に丁寧な拍手が送られた。 |
| speech n | (acting: actor's lines) | 科白、台詞 名
HHiraganaせりふ、せりふ |
| | The actor forgot his speech and had to be prompted. |
成句・複合語：
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| acceptance speech n | (speech on accepting [sth]) | 受諾演説、就任演説、受賞スピーチ 名
HHiraganaじゅだくえんぜつ、しゅうにんえんぜつ、じゅしょうすぴーち |
| | Have you got an acceptance speech prepared just in case you win the Oscar? |
| connected speech n | (sounds of fluent language) | 連続音声 名
HHiraganaれんぞくおんせい |
| | | 流ちょうな話し方 名
HHiraganaりゅうちょうなはなしかた |
| direct speech n | (actual words spoken) | 直接話法 名
HHiraganaちょくせつわほう |
| elevator speech n | (business: pitch) | エレーベータースピーチ 名
HHiraganaえれーべーたーすぴーち |
| figure of speech n | (idiom) | 比喩的表現 名
HHiraganaひゆてきひょうげん |
| | Should I interpret that literally or is it only a figure of speech? |
| freedom of speech n | (right to express oneself freely) | 言論の自由 名
HHiraganaげんろんのじゆう |
| | Freedom of speech is one of the fundamental freedoms of a true democracy. |
| freedom of speech and expression n | (right to express oneself freely) | 言論と表現の自由 名
HHiraganaげんろんとひょうげんのじゆう |
| | Freedom of speech and expression broadens the concept of free speech to include the visual arts, music, and so on. |
| hearing and speech impaired adj | (partially deaf with speaking difficulties) | 聾唖の 形
HHiraganaろうあの |
| | In this classroom, there is one child who is hearing and speech impaired. |
| loss of speech n | (inability to speak due to trauma, etc.) | 失語症、失語、言葉を失う 名
HHiraganaしつごしょう、しつご、ことばをうしなう |
| | After witnessing the horrific murder he experienced temporary loss of speech. |
| | 恐ろしい殺人を目撃した経験によって彼は一時的に言葉を失ってしまった。 |
make a speech,
give a speech v expr | (address an audience) | スピーチをする、演説をする 動詞句
HHiraganaすぴーちをする、えんぜつをする |
| | At the birthday party everyone asked Grandpa to make a speech. The father of the bride gave a speech, welcoming his new son-in-law to the family. |
| | 誕生日パーティーで皆がおじいさんにスピーチをするようにお願いした。花嫁の父親がスピーチをし、新郎を家族の一員として歓迎した。 |
| part of speech n | (grammatical category of a word) (文法) | 品詞 名
HHiraganaひんし |
| | Can you identify the part of speech of this word? Is it a noun, a verb, or an adjective? |
| prepared speech n | (public talk written in advance) | 前もって用意された演説［スピーチ］ 名
HHiraganaまえもってよういされたえんぜつ［すぴーち］ |
| public speech n | (talk made to an audience) | 講演、演説 名
HHiraganaこうえん、えんぜつ |
| | I have to give a public speech today – that's why I'm feeling so nervous. |
quotation mark,
also UK: speech mark,
also UK: inverted comma n | usually plural (punctuation indicating speech, etc.) | 引用符 名
HHiraganaいんようふ |
| | Should quotation marks come before or after a full stop? |
| reported speech n | (indirect quotation) | 間接話法、間接的引用 名
HHiraganaかんせつわほう、かんせつてきいんよう |
| | In English, reported speech is often put in the past tense. |
| speech bubble n | (cartoon: spoken text in a balloon) | 漫画のせりふ、漫画の吹き出し 名
HHiraganaまんがのせりふ、まんがのふきだし |
| | "Great snakes!" said the speech bubble above Tintin's head. |
| speech making n | (act of addressing the public formally) | 公式に演説すること 名
HHiraganaこうしきにえんぜつすること |
speech synthesizer,
also UK: speech synthesiser n | (device that imitates human voice) | 音声合成装置 名
HHiraganaおんせいごうせいそうち |
| speech therapist n | ([sb] who treats speaking disorders) (医療) | 言語療法士 名
HHiraganaげんごりょうほうし |
| | When I was a child, a speech therapist helped me with my lisp. |
| speech therapy n | (treatment for speaking disorders) (医療) | 言語療法、言語治療 名
HHiraganaげんごりょうほう、げんごちりょう |
| | Raymond had to have speech therapy following the operation on his tongue. |
| speech writer n | (scriptwriter of a public address for [sb] else) | スピーチライター、演説原稿の代筆者 名
HHiraganaすぴーちらいたー、えんぜつげんこうのだいひつしゃ |
| speech writing n | (scriptwriting of public addresses for [sb] else) | スピーチライティング、演説原稿代筆 名
HHiraganaすぴーちらいてぃんぐ、えんぜつげんこうだいひつ |