Illustration: In a home kitchen, an adult discovers a cake with a large bite missing from its edge. The younger baker beside it points insistently at the household cat, eyebrows lifted and free hand spread in an elaborate defensive gesture.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

言いい訳わけ

iiwake

excuse

Example sentences

彼かれは遅刻ちこくの言いい訳わけをした。
He excused himself for being late.
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言いい訳わけばかりするなよ。
Don’t just keep making excuses.
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彼かれは言いい訳わけを始はじめた。
He began to make excuses.
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Kanji in 言訳

言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと
訳translate; reasonOnヤクKunわけ

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