言い切る|いいきるiikiru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto declare; to assert; to state definitively
- godan verb, transitive verbto finish saying; to say everything; to tell all; to finish one's sentence
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 言い切る（いいきる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 言い切ります（いいきります） |
| Negative (nai) | 言い切らない（いいきらない） |
| polite (masen) | 言い切りません（いいきりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 言い切らず・言い切らぬ（いいきらず・いいきらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 言い切った（いいきった） |
| polite (mashita) | 言い切りました（いいきりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 言い切らなかった（いいきらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 言い切りませんでした（いいきりませんでした） |
| Te form | 言い切って（いいきって） |
| Potential | 言い切れる（いいきれる） |
| Passive | 言い切られる（いいきられる） |
| Causative | 言い切らせる（いいきらせる） |
| Causative passive | 言い切らせられる・言い切らされる（いいきらせられる・いいきらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 言い切れば（いいきれば） |
| tara | 言い切ったら（いいきったら） |
| Volitional | 言い切ろう（いいきろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 言い切りましょう（いいきりましょう） |
| Imperative | 言い切れ（いいきれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym明言めいげんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Making a clear, unambiguous statement, often publicly, as in 「明言を避ける」; 「言い切る」 stresses the resolute tone instead.
- Synonym言明げんめいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Declaring or stating something formally; close to 「明言」, with the emphasis on an official, explicit statement.
- Synonym断言だんげんNeutralNeutral. A noun for asserting something outright, stressing that a definite conclusion is being drawn; more written in flavor than 「言い切る」.
- Synonym主張しゅちょうNeutralNeutral. Putting forward one's own view or claim, not necessarily with finality; about advocating a position rather than settling it.
- Synonym確言かくげんWrittenWritten/formal prose, and rare. Asserting with full confidence, saying something one is certain of.
- Related言い張るいいはるCasualColloquial. Insisting stubbornly on one's own view and refusing to budge, with a negative shade; 「言い切る」 simply states a matter decisively.
- Related宣言せんげんWrittenWritten/formal prose. An official public declaration, as in 「独立宣言」; announces a policy or stance outwardly rather than asserting a point decisively.
- Related言い立てるいいたてるCasualColloquial. Listing things out one by one or harping on a claim, going on and on; 「言い切る」 is a single decisive statement.
- Related言い放ついいはなつCasualColloquial. Coming right out with something said without reserve, as in 「冷たく言い放つ」; blunter than 「言い切る」.
- Related宣するせんするFormalFormal. A literary, old-fashioned verb for proclaiming, as in 「開会を宣する」; far more elevated than 「言い切る」.
- Antonym言いよどむいいよどむCasualColloquial. Antonym: to hem and haw, words faltering and unclear — the opposite of the decisive 「言い切る」.
- Antonym言い渋るいいしぶるCasualColloquial. Antonym: balking at saying something, unable to come out with it — the opposite of the ready assertion of 「言い切る」.
- Antonym言い漏らすいいもらすCasualColloquial. Antonym: forgetting to mention something or leaving it unsaid — the opposite of 「言い切る」 in the sense of saying everything one has to say.
Use 「言い切る」 for a flat, decisive assertion, as in 「絶対勝つと言い切る」 or 「…とは言い切れない」. 「明言」 is a clear public statement; 「言明」 and the rarer 「確言」 are written; 「断言」 draws a definite conclusion; 「主張」 puts a view forward. 「言い放つ」 is blunt, said without reserve; 「言い張る」 insists stubbornly; 「宣言」 is an official announcement. Opposites: 「言いよどむ」, 「言い渋る」 (hesitating) and 「言い漏らす」 (leaving something unsaid).
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