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言わんとする

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 言わんとする.

Dictionary

Entry

言わんとするいわんとするExpressionする VerbFreq #14602
1

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

Examples
その教授は、私のいわんとすることが理解できなかった。
The professor was unable to comprehend what I meant.

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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

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