Illustration: At the counter of a small Japanese confectionery, a customer has just tasted an unfamiliar sweet. Holding the bitten piece near the plate, she carefully speaks to the confectioner, her mouth visibly forming words and her free hand making a small explanatory gesture.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

言いい表あらわす

iiarawasu

to express in words

Example sentences

  1. その物体ぶったいがどんな物ものか言いい表あらわす事ことが出来できますか。

    Can you describe the object?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. これを言いい表あらわす適当てきとうな言葉ことばが思おもい浮うかびません。

    The right word for this does not come to me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれの生活せいかつは言いい表あらわすことのできないほど悲惨ひさんなものだった。

    His life was miserable beyond description.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 言表

  • 言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと
  • 表surface; tableOnヒョウKunおもて・あらわす・あらわれる

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