言葉にならない in Japanese

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "言葉にならない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "こと"
        ],
        [
          "葉",
          "ば"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba ni naranai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ことば に ならない"
      },
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      "name": "ja-phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
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        "unable to put into words"
      ],
      "id": "en-言葉にならない-ja-phrase-7-xhsrW4",
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        {
          "roman": "kotoba ni dekinai",
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            [
              "言葉",
              "ことば"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "言葉にできない"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "言葉にならない"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "言葉にならない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "こと"
        ],
        [
          "葉",
          "ば"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kotoba ni naranai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ことば に ならない"
      },
      "expansion": "言(こと)葉(ば)にならない • (kotoba ni naranai)",
      "name": "ja-phrase"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese phrases",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unable to put into words"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kotoba ni dekinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言葉",
          "ことば"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "言葉にできない"
    }
  ],
  "word": "言葉にならない"
}

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"言葉にならない" meaning in Japanese

Phrase