と言われる – Vocabulary details

と言いわれる

Expression

Verb (1-dan)

1. to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

say

I don't fall for flattery; (lit.) (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)

I don't fall for flattery; (lit.) (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)

彼かれは死しんだと言いわれている。

He is said to be dead.

ここに座すわれと言いわれた。

They told us to sit here.

みんなに変へんだと言いわれます。

I'm told by everybody that I am strange.

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