| 言い聞かす | いいきかす | (v5s) to tell someone to do something/to warm/to
persuade/to instruct/ |
| 言い落す | いいおとす | (v5s) to omit/to forget to mention/to leave
unspoken/ |
| 言い損なう | いいそこなう | (v5u) to say by mistake/to make a slip of the
tongue/ |
| 言い囃す | いいはやす | to praise/to
spread or circulate a rumor/ |
| 言い紛らす | いいまぎらす | (v5s) to equivocate/ |
| 言い合う | いいあう | (v5u) to quarrel/ |
| 言い争い | いいあらそい | (n) a quarrel/argument/ |
| 言葉から実行に移る | ことばからじっこう
にうつる | (v5) to change words into
actions/ |
| 言い訳が立たない | いいわけがたたな
い | admit no excuse/ |
| 言い出す | いいだす | (v5s) to start talking/to speak/to tell/to propose/to
suggest/to break the ice/(P)/ |
| 言い付ける | いいつける | (v1) to tell/to tell on (someone)/to order/to charge/to
direct/(P)/ |
| 言い負かす | いいまかす | (v5s) to talk (a person) down/to confute/ |
| 言語地理学 | げんごちりがく
| linguistic geography/ |
| 言を守る | げんをまもる | (exp) to keep one's word/ |
| 言い繕う | いいつくろう | (v5u) to gloss over/ |
| 言い合わせる | いいあわせる | (v1) to agree in advance/ |
| 言わず語らず | いわずかたらず | (n) to be tacit/ |
| 言
葉尻 | ことばじり | (n) word ending/slip of the tongue/ |
| 言い交す | いいかわす | (v5s) to have a chat with/to promise/to get
engaged/ |
| 言論を封殺する | げんろんをふうさつする | (vs) to suppress the freedom of speech/ |
| 言い做す | いいなす | (v5s) to speak as though something were actually the
case/to smooth over/to describe/ |
| 言語療法 | げんごりょうほう | speech therapy/ |
| 言い
成り放題 | いいなりほうだい | (adj-na) completely submissive to another
person/ |
| 言海 | げんかい | wordbook/dictionary/ |
| 言い渡し | いいわたし | (n)
sentence/judgment/pronouncement/order/command/ |
| 言下 | げんか | (n) promptly/ |
| 言い
当てる | いいあてる | (v1) to guess right/ |
| 言語学者 | げんごがくしゃ | linguist/ |
| 言い触らす | いいふらす | (v5s) to spread a rumor/to talk about/ |
| 言いなりに | いいなりに | exactly as said/ |
| 言
語 | げんご | language |
| 言論 | げんろん | (n) discussion/(P)/ |
| 言葉を濁す | ことばをにごす
| (exp) to not commit oneself/ |
| 言い替えるなら | いいかえるなら | if we put this another way/in other words/ |
| 言行録 | げんこうろく
| (n) record of a person's words and
deeds/ |
| 言い残す | いいのこす | (v5s) to leave word with (a person)/to state in ones
will/to leave (something) unsaid/to forget to mention/ |
| 言い掛かり | いいがかり | (n) false accusation/pretext/commitment/(P)/ |
| 言い張る | いいはる | (v5r) to insist/to assert/to be obstinate in
saying/ |
| 言い方 | いいかた | (n) speaking style/(P)/ |
| 言う | ゆう | (v5u) to say/(P)/ |
| 言い遣る | いいやる | (v5r) to send word/ |
| 言い過ぎる | いいすぎる | (v1) to talk or say too much/to go too far/to
overstate/to exaggerate/ |
| 言い寄る | いいよる | (v5r) to court/to woo/to approach
defiantly/ |
| 言うまでもない | いうまでもない | (adj,exp) it
goes without saying/there is no need to say so, but of course/it is needless to
say/it need scarcely be said/ |
| 言外 | げんがい | (n) unexpressed/implied/implicit/ |
| 言い甲斐 | いいがい | (n) worth mentioning/ |
| 言語学的観念論 | げんごがくてきかんねん
ろん | linguistic conceptualism/ |
| 言い籠める | いいこめる | (v1) to talk down/to argue down/ |
| 言い過ごす | いいすごす | (v5s) to talk or say too much/to go too far/to
overstate/to exaggerate/ |
| 言質 | げんち | (n) commitment/pledge or promise/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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