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語る かたる N3

  1. to narrate; to speak of; to talk about; to tell
  2. to chant; to recite
  3. to indicate; to show

語るに落ちる かたるにおちる

  1. to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

語るに足る かたるにたる

  1. to be worth confiding in; to be worth telling

物語る ものがたる N2

  1. to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to recount; to relate; to tell (a story)
  2. to attest to; to indicate; to prove; to show; to tell of

偽り語る いつわりかたる

  1. to speak falsely

真実を語る しんじつをかたる

  1. to speak the truth

異言を語る いげんをかたる

  1. to speak in tongues

如実に物語る にょじつにものがたる

  1. to give a graphic account; to give a true account

問うに落ちず語るに落ちる とうにおちずかたるにおちる

  1. to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion

井蛙は以って海を語る可からず せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず

  1. a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it; a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world
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