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<entry eid="2373645" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict"> <ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp> <ent_seq>1264330</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>言い方</keb> <ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri> <ke_pri>news1</ke_pri> <ke_pri>nf09</ke_pri> </k_ele> <k_ele> <keb>言いかた</keb> <ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> </k_ele> <k_ele> <keb>云い方</keb> <ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> </k_ele> <k_ele> <keb>云いかた</keb> <ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> </k_ele> <k_ele> <keb>言方</keb> <ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>いいかた</reb> <re_pri>ichi1</re_pri> <re_pri>news1</re_pri> <re_pri>nf09</re_pri> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&n;</pos> <gloss>way of saying (something)</gloss> <gloss>way of putting it</gloss> <gloss>wording</gloss> <gloss>phrasing</gloss> <gloss>language</gloss> <gloss>expression</gloss> </sense> <history> <audit time="2020-07-09 07:02:34" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_detl>those translations would be fine for 話し方 but 言い方 is usually about the wording of a specific sentence or a specific choice of word, 話し方 is about a longer block of speech or the tone of voice</upd_detl> <upd_refs>eijiro</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -21,2 +21,4 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;way of talking&lt;/gloss&gt; -&lt;gloss&gt;speaking style&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;way of saying something&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;way of putting it&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;wording&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;phrasing&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2020-07-09 10:59:56" stat="A"> <upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid> <upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>Indeed.</upd_detl> <upd_refs>gg5</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -21 +21 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;way of saying something&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;way of saying (something)&lt;/gloss&gt; @@ -24,0 +25,2 @@ +&lt;gloss&gt;language&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;expression&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2026-06-15 17:10:56" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_name>parfait8</upd_name> <upd_refs>Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮ │ 言い方　 │ 2,371,155 │ 97.8% │ │ 言方　　 │ 272 │ 0.0% │ add sK │ いいかた │ 31,266 │ 1.3% │ │ 云い方　 │ 7,682 │ 0.3% │ add │ 言いかた │ 14,749 │ 0.6% │ add │ 云いかた │ 421 │ 0.0% │ add ╰─ーーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -10,0 +11,12 @@ +&lt;keb&gt;言いかた&lt;/keb&gt; +&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt; +&lt;/k_ele&gt; +&lt;k_ele&gt; +&lt;keb&gt;云い方&lt;/keb&gt; +&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt; +&lt;/k_ele&gt; +&lt;k_ele&gt; +&lt;keb&gt;云いかた&lt;/keb&gt; +&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt; +&lt;/k_ele&gt; +&lt;k_ele&gt; @@ -11,0 +24 @@ +&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2026-06-15 18:55:59" stat="A"> <upd_uid>CLBN</upd_uid> <upd_name>Carl Bader-Nia</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> </audit> </history> </entry>