発言
はつげん · hatsugen · JLPT N1 · noun
proposal
🗣️ 発言 = 発 (emit, send out) + 言 (word, say): words sent out of your mouth
Sounds like 'hat' + 'gen': the 'hat' of a hat-trick is you emitting a word. 発 means to launch or emit, 言 means word or speech; together they name what you say aloud, or a proposal put forward.