| 実を言うと | じつをゆうと | as a matter of fact; to tell the truth |
| 例えに言う | たとえにいう | to speak metaphorically |
| と言う訳だ | というわけだ | this is why; this means |
| 兎や角言う | とやかくいう | to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with) |
| 寝言を言う | ねごとをいう | to talk in one's sleep |
| 早く言えば | はやくいえば | in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short |
| 流行り言葉 | はやりことば | buzzword; popular expression; vogue word or phrase |
| 独り言ちる | ひとりごちる | to talk to oneself; to mutter |
| マクロ言語 | マクロげんご | macro language |
| ら抜き言葉 | らぬきことば | 'ra'-removed word (i.e. lacking the 'ra' in the 'rareru' verb conjunction) |
| あっと言う間 | あっというま | a blink of time (lit: the time it takes to say "Ah!") |
| あっと言う間 | あっとゆうま | a blink of time (lit: the time it takes to say "Ah!") |
| 言い合わせる | いいあわせる | to agree in advance |
| 言いきかせる | いいきかせる | to tell someone to do something; to warn; to persuade; to instruct |
| 言い聞かせる | いいきかせる | to tell someone to do something; to warn; to persuade; to instruct |
| 言い切れない | いいきれない | I'm not so sure; I can hardly say with any finality that ... |
| 言いくるめる | いいくるめる | to deceive somebody into believing (e.g. that black is white); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle |
| 言いそびれる | いいそびれる | to fail to mention something or tell somebody something; to miss one's chance to tell somebody something |
| 言い出しっぺ | いいだしっぺ | the one who brought it up; the one who calls attention to a fart is in fact the farter; the one who brings up a subject must be the first to act upon it |
| 言い出しっ屁 | いいだしっぺ | the one who brought it up; the one who calls attention to a fart is in fact the farter; the one who brings up a subject must be the first to act upon it |
| 言いっこなし | いいっこなし | let's not say (such things) to each other |
| 言いっこ無し | いいっこなし | let's not say (such things) to each other |
| 言いやがって | いいやがって | don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me |
| 言うことなし | いうことなし | nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect) |
| 言うだけ野暮 | いうだけやぼ | You would only waste your words |
| 言うところの | いうところの | what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak |
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