よく言う – Vocabulary details

よく言いう

Verb (5-dan, う)

1. to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty

2. to say well; to say cleverly; to say elegantly

3. to say often; to say frequently

4. to say without shame; to say impudently

oft. as an admonition in the form of よく言うよ

say

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nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

母ははは時ときは金かねなりとよく言いっていた。

My mother often said that time is money.

必ひつ要ようは発はつ明めいの母ははとはよく言いったものだ。

It is aptly said that necessity is the mother of invention.

みんなが彼かれのことをよく言いう。

Everybody speaks well of him.

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