いいはる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
言い張る
言張る (dated)

Etymology

From () (ii, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (iu)) + () (haru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いは [ìíháꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iiha̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

いいはる • (iiharuいひはる (ififaru)?godan (stem いいはり (iihari), past いいはった (iihatta))

  1. to insist; to stick to one's guns

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN