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言わんばかり

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 言わんばかり.

Dictionary

Entry

言わんばかりいわんばかりAdverbFreq #67457
1

as if to say; as much as to say; as though

Examples
「あなたを愛しているのよ」と言わんばかりに彼女は僕にウィンクした。
She winked at me, as much as to say, I love you.

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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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