Results, "to speak"

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控えめに言う【ひかえめにいうhikaemeniiu】控え目に言う・控えめにいう・控目に言う Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
声涙ともに下る【せいるいともにくだるseiruitomonikudaru】声涙倶に下る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to speak through one's tears; to speak with tears in one's eyes
ずばずば言う【ずばずばいうzubazubaiu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to speak one's mind; to speak very frankly
言いなす【いいなすiinasu】言い做す・言做す Inflection: godan ~す verb / transitive:
to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that
真実を語る【しんじつをかたるshinjitsuwokataru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to speak the truth
口がきけない【くちがきけないkuchigakikenai】口が利けない・口が聞けない^irr. Inflection: adjective / expression:
unable to speak; inarticulate
口のきけない【くちのきけないkuchinokikenai】口の利けない・口の聞けない^irr. Inflection: expression / adjective:
unable to speak; inarticulate
献言【けんげんkengen】建言 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
right to speak; offering one's opinion to one's superior; proposal
舌がもつれる【したがもつれるshitagamotsureru】舌が縺れる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp
話し始める【はなしはじめるhanashihajimeru】 Inflection: ichidan verb:
to begin to speak
説き出す【ときいだすtokiidasu】 Inflection: godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
to begin to speak; to begin to explain
口を切る【くちをきるkuchiwokiru】口をきる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to be the first to speak; to break the silence - idiom
to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal; to break open
声を尖らす【こえをとがらすkoewotogarasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to speak sharply; to sharpen one's tone; to raise one's voice
偽り語る【いつわりかたるitsuwarikataru】 Inflection: godan ~る verb:
to speak falsely
腐す【くさすkusasu】 Inflection: godan ~す verb / transitive:
to speak ill of
舌が回る【したがまわるshitagamawaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue
異言を語る【いげんをかたるigenwokataru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to speak in tongues
ちゃらけるcharakeru Inflection: ichidan verb:
to speak jokingly; to speak teasingly; to joke around; to speak nonsense - colloquialism ➜ チャラチャラ
ほそぼそ話す【ほそぼそはなすhosobosohanasu】 Inflection: godan ~す verb:
to speak slowly and quietly
本音を言う【ほんねをいうhonnewoiu】本音をいう Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth; to be brutally honest
怪気炎を上げる【かいきえんをあげるkaikienwoageru】怪気炎をあげる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to speak flamboyantly
言い辛い【いいづらいiizurai】言いづらい・言辛い Inflection: adjective:
difficult to speak about
腹を割って話す【はらをわってはなすharawowattehanasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut; to have a heart-to-heart talk
啖呵を切る【たんかをきるtankawokiru】啖呵をきる・たんかを切る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
というとtoiuto《と言うと》: conjunction:
if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

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