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言い方

いいかた

way of speaking, expression

Mnemonic

Not what you said but the way you said it. Ee いい, and the same kata かた as 方 the manner, and the way was the entire problem: いいかた.

Built from

say, speech
A mouth with the sound drawn coming out of it.
direction, person (polite)
A pictograph of a plough or banner, a thing that points a way.

Words sharing these kanji

to say word, language single word, a few words silence, muteness speech apology, excuse declaration to begin to say, to be the first to say, to propose direction, side person (polite form) method, way direction, course

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