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言う いう N5

  1. to declare; to say; to utter
  2. to call; to name
  3. to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

言うまでもない いうまでもない

  1. goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

言うことなし いうことなし

  1. better than one could hope for; not a thing one can complain about; nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect)

言うことなすこと いうことなすこと

  1. everything one says and does

言うことを聞かない いうことをきかない

  1. disobedient; not doing as one is told; unruly

言うことを聞く いうことをきく

  1. to do what one is told to; to listen to what someone says; to take someone's advice

言うだけあって いうだけあって

  1. just as one was told; like she (he) said

言うだけ無駄 いうだけむだ

  1. there's no point in saying; would be a waste of breath; would be a waste of words

言うだけ野暮 いうだけやぼ

  1. it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid

言うて ゆうて

  1. that being said; that said
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