Illustration: Beside a broken flowerpot on a Japanese apartment balcony, two siblings present their cases to a kneeling parent. One points insistently to a ball resting among the spilled soil, directing an accusing palm toward the other child.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

言いい分ぶん

iibun

one’s side of the story, one’s case

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれに言いい分ぶんを言いわせよう。

    Let him have his say.

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  2. 双方そうほうの言いい分ぶんを聞きかないと真相しんそうは分わからない。

    You cannot learn the truth unless you hear what both parties have to say.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 仮かりに君きみの言いい分ぶんが本当ほんとうだとしても、それは言いい訳わけにはならない。

    Even if I grant that what you say is true, it is no excuse.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 言分

  • 言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと
  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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