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言 : Say (radical 149)

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say (radical 149)

On 'yomi:
ゲン(gen) ゴン(gon)
Kun 'yomi:
い.う(i.u) こと(koto)
Nanori:
とき(toki)
Strokes:7
Radical: (149)
Usage Rating:83
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:4
Grade:2
Unicode:08a00
jis208:24-32
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言 Usage examples

構造語学(こうぞうげんごがく)structural linguistics
(りゅうげん)groundless rumor, groundless rumour
(やくげん)summary, contraction, verbal agreement
早口(はやくちことば)tongue twister
(ものいう)
もの(ものいう)
to talk, to carry meaning
い丸める(いいまるめる)
丸める(いいまるめる)
to do sweet-talk
い付かる(いいつかる)
付かる(いいつかる)
to be ordered
付かる(ことづかる)to be entrusted with, to be asked to
い古す(いいふるす)
古す(いいふるす)
to say repeatedly, to say proverbially
い伏せる(いいふせる)
伏せる(いいふせる)
to argue down
い合わせる(いいあわせる)
合わせる(いいあわせる)
to agree in advance
い尽くす(いいつくす)
尽くす(いいつくす)
い尽す(いいつくす)
to tell all, to give a full account
い直す(いいなおす)
直す(いいなおす)
いなおす(いいなおす)
to correct oneself, to restate
い知れぬ(いいしれぬ)
知れぬ(いいしれぬ)
indescribable, inexpressible
い逃れる(いいのがれる)
逃れる(いいのがれる)
to explain away, to excuse oneself, to evade
い兼ねる(いいかねる)
兼ねる(いいかねる)
to find it hard to say
い破る(いいやぶる)
破る(いいやぶる)
to argue down, to confute
い通す(いいとおす)
通す(いいとおす)
to persist in saying
い做す(いいなす)
做す(いいなす)
to speak as though something were actually the case, to smooth over, to describe
い渋る(いいしぶる)
渋る(いいしぶる)
to hesitate to say
い淀む(いいよどむ)
淀む(いいよどむ)
to hesitate to say
いかける(いいかける)
い掛ける(いいかける)
掛ける(いいかける)
to speak to, to address, to be about to say, to break off (mid-sentence)
いまくる(いいまくる)
い捲る(いいまくる)
捲る(いいまくる)
to talk volubly
い落す(いいおとす)
落す(いいおとす)
to omit, to forget to mention, to leave unspoken
い過ぎる(いいすぎる)
いすぎる(いいすぎる)
過ぎる(いいすぎる)
to talk or say too much, to go too far, to overstate, to exaggerate
い過ごす(いいすごす)
過ごす(いいすごす)
to talk or say too much, to go too far, to overstate, to exaggerate
い損なう(いいそこなう)
損なう(いいそこなう)
to say by mistake, to make a slip of the tongue
い置く(いいおく)
置く(いいおく)
to leave word, to leave a message
い継ぐ(いいつぐ)
継ぐ(いいつぐ)
to transmit by word of mouth