片言 かたこと prattle N1 #14,949 Meanings noun, takes の prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering へんげん noun brief remark; few words one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement Its kanji 片 ヘン · かた-、かた one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91) 言 ゲン、ゴン · い.う、こと say, word