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    3. 言い表す

    言い表す

    言いい​表あらわす​

    to express (in words)

    KMT6CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab19 strokes

    言い表わす言い現す言表す

    いいあらわす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to express (in words)
    2.
    to confess

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    感かん謝しゃの気き持もちを言いい表あらわす。

    To express feelings of gratitude.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    その美うつくしさは言こと葉ばでは言いい表あらわせないほどだった。

    Its beauty was beyond words.

    KMT6Daily LifeArt & Design
    自じ分ぶんの本ほん当とうの気き持もちを言いい表あらわすのが苦にが手てです。

    I'm not good at expressing my true feelings.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの複ふく雑ざつな感かん情じょうを正せい確かくに言いい表あらわすのは難むずかしい。

    It's difficult to accurately express his complex emotions.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    詩し人じんは、自し然ぜんの美うつくしさを独どく特とくの言こと葉ばで言いい表あらわした。

    The poet expressed the beauty of nature in unique words.

    KMT7LiteratureNature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
    Kanji
    表
    おもて・-おもて・あらわ.す・あらわ.れる・あら.わす…(1)
    surface・table・chart・diagram
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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