Illustration: Four friends sit around a low table in a Japanese apartment after a meal, their empty bowls pushed aside. One friend has just leaned forward to speak, raising an index finger while setting a small camping lantern and a rolled tent bag beside the table.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

言いい出だす

iidasu

to bring up, to begin to say

Example sentences

  1. 突然長女とつぜんちょうじょが「飴あめがほしい」と言いい出だしました。

    Suddenly the eldest daughter spoke up, saying, "I want candy."

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 我々われわれが静しずかに夕食ゆうしょくをとっていると、突然とつぜん、母ははがもう一度学校いちどがっこうに行いくつもりだと言いい出だした。

    We were having a quiet supper when out of the blue my mother announced she was going back to school.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そんな事こと言いい出だすとは思おもわなかったよ。

    I didn’t expect that to come from you.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 言出

  • 言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと
  • 出exit; leaveOnシュツ・スイKunでる・だす・いでる

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