Grow with Kitty

いいだす

言い出す

iidasu

less common

English

to bring up, start saying

नेपाली

भन्न थाल्नु

Examples

  1. 子こどもが犬いぬを飼かいたいと言いい出だしました。

    My child has started saying they want a dog.

  2. 自分じぶんから言いい出だしたからには、最後さいごまでやります。

    Since I'm the one who brought it up, I'll see it through to the end.

  3. 会議かいぎで反対はんたい意見いけんを言いい出だしかねて、黙だまっていました。

    I couldn't bring myself to voice an objection at the meeting, so I kept quiet.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

言 7 strokes
出 5 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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