Japanese symbol for “implied”

言外

げんがい

Romaji: gengai

unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

In Japanese, implied is 言外, read げんがい (gengai).

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Meanings

adj-no, n unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

Kanji and stroke order

言

say, word

on: ゲン、ゴン
kun: い.う、こと

7 strokes · JLPT 4

外

outside

on: ガイ、ゲ
kun: そと、ほか、はず.す、はず.れる

5 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “implied”

Word	Reading	Meaning
黙示的	もくしてき mokushiteki	implied; implicit

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
言う	いう iu	to say; to utter; to declare
言葉	ことば kotoba	language; dialect
発言	はつげん hatsugen	statement; remark; observation
宣言	せんげん sengen	declaration; proclamation; announcement
言語	げんご gengo	language
一言	ひとこと hitokoto	single word; a few words; brief comment
海外	かいがい kaigai	foreign; abroad; overseas
外国	がいこく gaikoku	foreign country

See also: Chinese symbol for “implied”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.