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words of praise; eulogy; compliment

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

Following te-form of verb, noun, etc.

after; since

to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture

complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

complaint

to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much

misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

to speak (of something)

to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful; to be important; to matter; to mean everything

abusive language; violent language; wild words

to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

declaration; statement

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

declaration; profession

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi); Usu. with neg. sentence

(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning

to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain; to raise objections (to); to meddle (in); to interfere (in)

Conjunction

not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special

simply put; putting it simply; in short

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

Usu. ...とでもいうよう

as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth