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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

言いいなり

iinari

doing as one is told

Usually used as 人の言いなりになる. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. もうこれ以上いじょうあなたの言いいなりにはなりません。

    I refuse to obey you any longer.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれの言いいなりになるくらいなら、独ひとりで暮くらした方ほうがましだ。

    I would rather live by myself than do as he tells me to do.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは簡単かんたんに人ひとの言いいなりになるような男おとこではない。

    He is not the sort of guy who gives in easily.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 言

  • 言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと

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