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A2 Noun

隠語(いんご)secret language, jargon, cant, argot, slang

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      secret language, jargon, cant, argot, slang

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    隠語 【いんご】

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      隠語(いんご)特定(とくてい)集団(しゅうだん)(ない)だけで通用(つうよう)する言葉(ことば)です。

      A secret language is a form of speech that is understood only within a specific group.

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      強盗(ごうとう)のことを()す「たたき」という言葉(ことば)隠語(いんご)である。

      The word 'tataki,' which refers to robbery, is a slang term.

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      落語(らくご)()使(つか)っている「まんだら」は手拭(てぬぐ)いの隠語(いんご)だそうです。

      It seems that the term 'mandara' used by rakugo performers is a jargon for hand towel.

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      リーダー:「(ぼく)らが独自(どくじ)(つく)った隠語(いんご)はほかの(ひと)には理解(りかい)できないだろう。」

      Leader: 'The coded language we've created ourselves would probably be incomprehensible to others.'

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      部外(ぶがい)(しゃ)(なに)(はな)しているかを(さと)られないようにするべく、隠語(いんご)(つく)りました。

      In order to prevent outsiders from understanding what we are talking about, we created a cipher.

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