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    3. 言い出す

    言い出す

    言いい​出だす​

    to begin to say

    N2KMT10News #47+1CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab16 strokes

    云い出す言いだす言出す云いだす云出す

    いいだす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to begin to say, to start talking, to broach (a matter), to bring up, to come out with
    2.
    to be the first to say, to suggest (doing), to propose

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    彼かれは急きゅうに歌うたを言いい出だした。

    He suddenly started singing.

    KMT4Daily Life
    彼かれはいつも、みんなが困こまっている時ときに解かい決けつ策さくを言いい出だす。

    He always suggests solutions when everyone is in trouble.

    KMT6Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    ずっと言いいたかったことを、やっと彼かの女じょに言いい出だすことができた。

    I was finally able to tell her what I had wanted to say for a long time.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    誰だれも言いい出だせなかったことを、彼かの女じょが勇ゆう気きを出だして言いい出だした。

    She bravely said what no one else could bring themselves to say.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    会かい議ぎの終しゅう盤ばんで、彼かれは全まったく新あたらしい提てい案あんを言いい出だした。

    Towards the end of the meeting, he brought up a completely new proposal.

    KMT10Work & CareerDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
    Kanji
    出
    で.る・-で・だ.す・-だ.す・い.でる・い.だす…(9)
    exit・leave・go out・come out・put out…(1)
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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