Practice JLPTMeaning
言い表す (いいあらわす, iiarawasu) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “express in words”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 7
この 気持ちをうまく 言い 表せません。
I can't express this feeling well.
彼女は 自分の 気持ちを 言い 表わす 言葉に 当惑した。
She was at a loss for words to express her feeling.
但し、特にやむを得ない事由により数え年によつて年齢を言い表わす場合においては、特にその旨を明示しなければならない。
However, should there be a compelling reason that one must describe a person's age in accordance with the traditional Japanese system, that effect must be specified in advance.
国又は地方公共団体の機関が年齢を言い表わす場合においては、当該機関は、前項に規定する年数又は月数によつてこれを言い表わさなければならない。
It also stated that, when the government or municipalities refer to the age of a person, such organization must describe the years of age or the number of months in accordance with the rule set forth in the previous paragraph.
この時代の美術は多様化し、その性格を一言で言い表わすことは困難であるが、古代・中世の美術が宗教（仏教）中心であったのに比べ、著しく世俗化の傾向が強まった。
This period's art was so diversified as to be difficult to define its character in a word, but it could be said to become extremely popularized, compared with the art of the ancient and middle ages, which was mainly occupied with religious (Buddhist) art.
その光景は「悲惨」の 2 字よりほかに言い表わす言葉がない. ‘Horrible' is the only word to describe the scene.彼女は自分の気持ちを言い表わす言葉に当惑した。
She was at a loss for words to express her feeling.
国民は、年齢を数え年によつて言い表わす従来のならわしを改めて、年齢計算に関する法律（明治35年法律第50号）の規定により算定した年数（一年に達しないときは、月数）によってこれを言い表わすのを常とするように心がけなければならない。
The law stated that citizens should no longer use the way of counting a person's age based on the traditional Japanese system, and always use the way of counting the years of age (the number of months when one's age is under one year) that is set forth in the provisions of law about calculating age (1902, Law No. 50).