Definition of 言う事
- (n) thing; matter
- incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
- circumstances; situation; state of affairs
- work; business; affair
- after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
- (n-suf) nominalizing suffix
- pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
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(v5u) to say
「みんなひと休みしようぜ」とジョンは言った。
John said, "Hey guys, let's take a break." -
to call (i.e. to give a name)
この動物は日本語で何と言いますか。
What do you call this animal in Japanese?
- (suf) nominalizing suffix
- pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...