言

げん【言】

¶彼の～によれば

according to him

¶ → 言を左右にして

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I

げん【言】

a word; speech; a remark; a comment; a statement.

●彼の言によれば according to him; as he puts it.

●言を守る keep one's word

・言を翻す take back what one has said

・言を食(_は)む break one's word [promise]; go back on one's word

・言を用いる[容れる] follow [take] sb's advice

・言を左右にする be evasive; equivocate; do not to commit oneself; 《口》 beat around the bush

・言を左右に(託)して on one pretext or other; with [using] excuses and evasions

・言をかまえる (falsely) claim; prevaricate; lie

・それが環境破壊となることは言をまたない. Needless to say, [It goes without saying that] it will lead to destruction of the environment.

・その言を吐いたのは彼だとされている. He has been accredited with the remark. | The remark has been attributed to him.

●言簡にして要を得たり. The comment is brief and to the point.

・彼の言は侵しがたい. His word is law.

・その言やよし. 〔相手に〕 Well said. | 〔第三者に〕 Well said on his [her] part.

II

こと【言】

●一言二言言う ⇒ひとこと.

●言の葉 words; a word; speech.