See 言わん方無し on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "/ipan kata nasi/ → /iɸan kata nasi/ → /iwan kata nasi/. iwan is a contraction of iwamu, from the verb 言う (iu, “to say”) in 未然形 (“irrealis”) form (iwa) plus the subjective particle む (mu). Can be thus interpreted literally as “there is no seeming way of saying”.",
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"form": "言わん方無し",
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"言",
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"な"
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{
"form": "iwan kata nashi",
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},
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"form": "ifankatanasi",
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},
{
"form": "いはんかたなし",
"roman": "ifankatanasi",
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"hhira": "いはんかたなし"
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"name": "ja-pos"
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"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "phrase",
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{
"text": "1008-1010: Murasaki Shikibu Nikki\n秋のけはひ入たつままに、土御門殿の有さま、いはむ方なくをかし。",
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},
{
"text": "1832-33: Shunshoku Umegoyomi (volume 1)\n[...]人品賎しからねども、薄命なる人なりけん、貧苦にせまる其うへに、此ほど病の床にふし、不自由いわん方もなき、容体もときの吉不詳[...]",
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"glosses": [
"there are no words to describe it"
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"id": "en-言わん方無し-ja-phrase-mEv23fpQ",
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"word": "言わむ方無し"
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{
"etymology_text": "/ipan kata nasi/ → /iɸan kata nasi/ → /iwan kata nasi/. iwan is a contraction of iwamu, from the verb 言う (iu, “to say”) in 未然形 (“irrealis”) form (iwa) plus the subjective particle む (mu). Can be thus interpreted literally as “there is no seeming way of saying”.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "言わん方無し",
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[
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"い"
],
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[
"無",
"な"
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},
{
"form": "iwan kata nashi",
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},
{
"form": "ifankatanasi",
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"romanization"
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"form": "いはんかたなし",
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"tags": [
"hiragana",
"historical"
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"text": "1832-33: Shunshoku Umegoyomi (volume 1)\n[...]人品賎しからねども、薄命なる人なりけん、貧苦にせまる其うへに、此ほど病の床にふし、不自由いわん方もなき、容体もときの吉不詳[...]",
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Download raw JSONL data for 言わん方無し meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)
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