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言うに事欠いて

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 言うに事欠いて.

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Entry

言うに事欠いていうにことかいてExpressionFreq #40755
1

that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

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7 strokesFrequency 83JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ゲンゴン

Kun

い.うこと

Nanori

とき

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

8 strokesFrequency 18JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

ことつか.うつか.える

Nanori

lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)

4 strokesFrequency 860JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ケツケン

Kun

か.けるか.く

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