発言

はつげん

utterance, speech, proposal

What does 発言 mean?

発言 is a Japanese noun meaning utterance, speech, proposal in English. It is written as 発言 in kanji, はつげん in hiragana, and hatsugen in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

ジムはよけいな発言をした。

Jim made a superfluous remark.