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    3. 言い過ぎる

    言い過ぎる

    言いい​過すぎ​る​

    to talk or say too much

    KMT9News #32+1Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab28 strokes

    言いすぎる言過ぎる

    いいすぎる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to talk or say too much, to go too far, to overstate, to exaggerate

    Stroke 0 / 28

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    昨きの日うは少すこし言 い過すぎたかもしれない。

    I might have said too much yesterday.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    感かん情じょう的てきになって、つい言 い過すぎてしまったと反はん省せいしている。

    I regret that I got emotional and ended up saying too much.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    会かい議ぎで彼かれの意い見けんに反 対 し、少すこし言 い過すぎてしまった。

    I disagreed with his opinion in the meeting and said a bit too much.

    KMT9Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    冗じょう談だんのつもりだったが、相あい手てには言 い過すぎに聞きこえたようだ。

    I meant it as a joke, but it seems to have sounded like I went too far to the other person.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    言こと葉ばは一いち度ど発はっすると取とり消けせないため、言 い過すぎることは避さけるべきだ。

    Words, once spoken, cannot be taken back, so one should avoid saying too much.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
    Kanji
    過
    す.ぎる・す.ごす・あやま.ち・あやま.つ・よぎ.る・よ.ぎる…(1)
    overdo・exceed・go beyond・error
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    ぎ
    gi
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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