言い回す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
言 回
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Grade: 2 		まわ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
言回す

Pronunciation

Verb

言(い)い回(まわ)す • (iimawasu) ←いひまはす (ifimafasu)?transitive godan (stem 言(い)い回(まわ)し (iimawashi), past 言(い)い回(まわ)した (iimawashita))

  1. to express skillfully; to express in a clever way
  2. to make widely known
  3. to say indirectly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "言い回す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 言い回さ いいまわさ iimawasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 言い回し いいまわし iimawashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 言い回す いいまわす iimawasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 言い回す いいまわす iimawasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 言い回せ いいまわせ iimawase
Meireikei ("imperative") 言い回せ いいまわせ iimawase
Key constructions
Passive 言い回される いいまわされる iimawasareru
Causative 言い回させる
言い回さす 		いいまわさせる
いいまわさす 		iimawasaseru
iimawasasu
Potential 言い回せる いいまわせる iimawaseru
Volitional 言い回そう いいまわそう iimawasō
Negative 言い回さない いいまわさない iimawasanai
Negative continuative 言い回さず いいまわさず iimawasazu
Formal 言い回します いいまわします iimawashimasu
Perfective 言い回した いいまわした iimawashita
Conjunctive 言い回して いいまわして iimawashite
Hypothetical conditional 言い回せば いいまわせば iimawaseba

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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