よく言う – Vocabulary details

よく言いう

Meanings

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

Alt. forms

Kanji used

言

say

Pitch accent
⚠

よ

くい

う

Conjugations...Used in: 3221

Composed of

よく

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

言いう

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

Examples (14 in total)

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.

「日に本ほんの夏なつは地じ獄ごくだ」とよく言いわれます。

It is often said that summer in Japan is like hell.

みんなから近ちか寄よりがたいってよく言いわれます。

I'm often told that I'm hard to approach.

日にっ本ぽん語ごは難むずかしい言げん語ごだとよく言いわれる。

People often say that Japanese is a difficult language.

大おお阪さかは商しょう売ばいの町まちとよく言いわれる。

It is often said that Osaka is a city of commerce.

母ははは私わたしを誇ほこりに思おもうとよく言いった。

Mother often said that she was proud of me.

忍にん耐たいは成せい功こうへの鍵かぎであるとよく言いわれている。

Perseverance, it is often said, is the key to success.

菓か子し類るいは歯はに悪わるいとよく言いわれる。

It is often said that sweets are bad for your teeth.

日にっ本ぽん語ごは学がく習しゅうするのに難むずかしい言げん語ごだとよく言いわれる。

Japanese is often said to be a difficult language to learn.

日に本ほん人じんは保ほ守しゅ的てきだとよく言いわれるのをよく耳みみにする。

We often hear it said that Japanese people are conservative.

時じ間かんほど大たい切せつなものはないとよく言いわれる。

It is often said that nothing is more precious than time.

私わたしはよく言いうが、偉い大だいな医い者しゃは偉い大だいな将しょう軍ぐんよりも多おおくの人ひと々びとを殺ころす。

I often say a great doctor kills more people than a great general.