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Kanji 言, meaning say, appears in 1,209 Japanese vocabulary entries.
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いいおえる
to finish saying
いいおわる
to finish speaking
いいならわし
idiom
いいならわす
to have a habit of saying
いいしぶる
to hesitate to say
いいだし
opening words
いいだしべ
first person to say something
いいじょう
although
いいづらい
difficult to speak about
いいつくす
to tell all
いいきり
end of sentence
いいきれない
I'm not so sure
いいつくろう
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.)
いいあらそう
to quarrel
いいぐさ
excuse
いいおくる
to send a message
いいたす
to say something additional
いいつづける
to keep talking
いいそこない
slip of the tongue
いいそこなう
to forget to say
いいかえるなら
if we put this another way
いいしれぬ
indescribable
いいおく
to leave word
いいなおし
restating
いいなおす
to correct oneself
いいとおす
to persist in saying
いいそえる
to add (to what was said before)
いいつたえる
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.)
いいあてる
to guess right
いいのがれる
to explain away
いいえてみょう
perfectly fitting phrase
いいやぶる
to argue down
いいぬけ
evasion
いいぬける
いいあらわせる
to be able to be expressed in words
いいまかす
to defeat (someone) in an argument
いいまける
to lose a quarrel
いいふせる
いいまぎらす
to equivocate
いいきかす
to tell
いいかえし
replying
いいつのる
to argue vehemently
いいくらす
to pass the time talking
いいはなつ
to declare
いいわすれる
いいわけがましい
seeming like an excuse
いいわけがたたない
admitting no excuse
いいわけがたつ
to have an excuse
いいさとす
to explain in an easy-to-understand manner
いいおとす
to omit to say
いいたてる
to use as an excuse
いいもらす
to forget to mention
いいはやす
to sing the praises of
いうことなし
nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect)
いうことをきかない
not doing as one is told
いうことをきく
to do what one is told to
いうだけあって
just as one was told
いうだけむだ
would be a waste of words
いうだけやぼ
it's tactless to state the obvious
ゆうて
that said
いうところの
what is called
いうなり
doing as one is told
いうなれば
so to speak
いうにやおよぶ
it is needless to say
いうにおよばず
needless to say
いうにいわれぬ
beyond expression
いうにことをかいて
that's not a nice thing to say
いうにことかいて
いうはやすくおこなうはかたし
it's easier said than done
いうまでもなく
obviously
いうもおろか
to go without saying
いうとおり
as (someone) says
いえてる
You can say that again
いえる
said
いったって
even if I told you
いったいわない
he said, she said
いってのける
いってみれば
in a manner of speaking
いっとくけど
for your information
いっぱ
as for ...
ことのは
waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)
いうかたなし
unspeakable
いわしめる
to get someone to say
いわす
to make a sound
いわずとしれた
as everyone knows
いわずもがな
that should rather be left unsaid
いわずかたらず
saying nothing
いわせておく
to let someone say
いわでも
should rather be left unsaid
いわでものこと
something that should rather be left unsaid
いわないことではない
I told you so
いわぬがはな
some things are better left unsaid
いわぬはいうにまさる
speech is silver, silence is golden
いわれてみれば
now that you say that
いわれるがまま
(doing) as one is told
いわんこっちゃない
いわんとする
(what) one is trying to say
いわんばかり
as if to say
いわざる
say-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)
げんをさゆうにする