EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to bring up; to come out with

    我々が静かに夕食をとっていると、突然、母がもう一度学校に行くつもりだと言い出した。
    We were having a quiet supper when out of the blue my mother announced she was going back to school.
  2. to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

say, word

Kun
い.うこと
On
ゲンゴン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
83 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

とき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-6SKIP code
7a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0060.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a00Unicode hex code
1-24-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4309Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5552New Nelson (John Haig)
1941New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2440Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
335Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
357Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
279A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
439Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
43Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35205Morohashi
274A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
66Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392sakade
85Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
118henshall3
142Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
44crowley
203Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1653Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
341Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
eonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

Kun
で.る-でだ.す-だ.すい.でるい.だす
On
シュツスイ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
13 of 2500
Radical
container
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

いずいづいですっすつてん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-2SKIP code
0a5.22The Kanji Dictionary
2277.2Four corner code
1276deroo
51faUnicode hex code
1-29-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
97Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
445New Nelson (John Haig)
3498New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4310Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2180Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2934Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
767Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
829Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
17A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
523Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
40Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1811Morohashi
34A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
53Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
53Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
90sakade
21Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
29henshall3
41Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
8crowley
185Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
174Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
774Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chu1Pinyin reading
chul, chuKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level