Meaning
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.
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.
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。
The art of this period diversified, making it difficult to sum up its character in a word, but compared to ancient and medieval art, which was centered on religion (Buddhism), it became markedly more secular.
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).