Word Meaning 言い出し

いいだし iidashi

言い出し is read as いいだし (iidashi) and means opening words.

Meaning

English

  1. opening words
  2. speaking out

Reading

Kana

いいだし

Romaji

iidashi

Writing Variants

  • 言出し いいだし iidashi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 71698 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

言い出す

いいだす

to be the first to say

言い出しっぺ

いいだしっぺ

first person to say something

言い回し

いいまわし

expression

言い渡し

いいわたし

sentence

言語

げんご

language

言う

いう

to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping")

言質

げんち

commitment

げん

word

言わば

いわば

so to speak

言い方

いいかた

way of saying (something)

言動

げんどう

speech and conduct

Example Sentences

5

David started telling his jokes.

Suddenly the eldest daughter spoke up, saying, "I want candy."

My father suggested that we go camping.

He brought it up first, but he didn't show up. What's going on?

"I was so angry today." "Oh yeah?" "You-know-who said some very strange things again. You listening?"