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Basically, I want to know how to talk about the meta properties of a word or
phrase while mentioning said word or phrase in the same sentence.

Maybe って is somehow involved, but I don't know even know how to search for the
question I'm asking.

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For example, maybe I want to say something like:

> I don't like the word '料理' (because it is hard to pronounce).
>
> 発音が難しいから「料理」が好きじゃない。

or with a phrase

> 'まーしょうがない' is a useful phrase.
>
> 「まーしょうがない」は便利だ。

In spoken form this makes less sense, as I don't know how to specify "the
word/phrase". Do I add anything on to the word or phrase to accomplish this? I
don't even know where to start.
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grammar usage english-to-japanese
How do you talk about a word or phrase itself?
I'm pretty sure I found the answer. I had the idea to search 英語で役立つ言葉, and
just look at those articles for examples.

The phrase I was looking for was 「という言葉」.

To answer the first example with this:

> 「料理」という言葉が好きじゃない。

Some confirmation would still be nice, but I am quite confident this is it.
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Yes, you can use って, but here って is a contraction of と言う; it can also appear
as って言う. Here are some options you can choose from:

> 発音が難しいから「料理」って言う言葉が好きじゃない。

> 「料理」と言う言葉が好きじゃない。発音が難しいし。

> 「料理」って言葉が気に入らない。発音が難しいし。

The same goes for the other one.
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