How to say "cant" in Japanese

• カントCommon
  nounThe katakana spelling of the philosopher Kant's name; as a common noun, the railway term for cant, the raising of the outer rail on a curve. It is not used for cant as insincere talk.
• 隠語いんごCommon
  nounFor cant as a group's secret language or argot — the private speech of a closed circle — this is the word; it also covers jargon, the specialized vocabulary of a trade or profession.

For cant as a group's secret language or argot use 隠語; 「カント」 is the philosopher Kant's name and, as a common noun, the railway term for cant, and neither word covers cant as insincere talk.

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• カントcant
• 隠語いんごsecret language
• 通り言葉とおりことばjargon