Illustration: Beside a half-assembled bookcase in a Japanese apartment, one housemate addresses another with steady eye contact, squared shoulders and a firm, level hand gesture. Their mouth is open at the decisive end of a statement, with no shrug or uncertainty in their posture.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

言いい切きる

iikiru

to state firmly, to assert

Example sentences

彼かれは自分じぶんが無実むじつだと言いい切きった。
He asserted that he was innocent.
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彼女かのじょは、自分じぶんは正ただしいと言いい切きった。
She declared that she was right.
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彼かれは、人前ひとまえで自分じぶんはリーダーと言いい切きった。
He declared himself leader publicly.
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Kanji in 言切

言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと
切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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