言いこなす

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
言い熟す

Etymology

Compound of 言い (ii, to say, <ruby>連用形<rp>(</rp><rt>れんようけい</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (ren'yōkei) of the verb <ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (iu)) + こなす (-konasu, to do something well, completely)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いこな [ìíkónáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iːko̞na̠sɨᵝ]

Verb

()いこなす • (īkonasu) transitive godan (stem <ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>いこなし (īkonashi), past <ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>いこなした (īkonashita))

  1. to express well, to be articulate
    <ruby>日本語<rp>(</rp><rt>にほんご</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>うまく()いこなす
    nihongo o umaku īkonasu
    to speak Japanese skillfully

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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