How would you say "A has the meaning of B" or "A conveys B"


For example, if I was trying to tell someone that in English when we say
"sake" it already has the implication of it being "Japanese sake", so have the
"Japanese" is redundant.

My English brain wants to say `AはBの意味を持つ`, and my best guess is something with
`伝える`, I'm just having a really hard time researching this.




  1. As Darius said, 意味する.
  2. You can also use ～と言う意味合いがある (nuance)
  3. As explained at [goo.jp](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/191938/m1u/%E5%90%AB%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B/), you can also use ～と言う意味を含める to emphasize the subtle aspect of the nuance: 「風刺的意味を―・める」
  4. More concretely, you can say ～のことを指す (indicates).

This might be acceptable, therefore:

> 英語には「アルコール」とか「リカー」という言葉がありますので、「酒」という言葉を使うときは、「日本酒」のことを指しているのです。

