Word · 単語
言い返す
Reading いいかえす
to talk back
- 1 to talk back, to answer back, to retort, to reply, to respond
- 2 to say over, to repeat (what one has said)
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例文 · examples
君はいつも言い返す。
You always talk back to me, don't you?
彼女は彼に言い返した。
She talked back to him.
彼は彼女に言い返そうとはしなかった。
He didn't try to answer her back.
彼女に言い返すのは筋違いだ。
It's wrong of you to talk back to her.
ベスは言い返しましたが、お母さんは彼女にものすごく太りすぎていると注意しました。
Beth protested, but her mother reminded her that she was incredibly fat.