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よく言う良く言う善く言う [sK]
よくいう
1. [exp,v5u]
▶ to say enough (as much as required)
▶ to say plenty
2. [exp,v5u]
▶ to say well
▶ to say cleverly
▶ to say elegantly
3. [exp,v5u]
▶ to say often
▶ to say frequently
4. [exp,v5u]
《oft. as an admonition in the form of よく言うよ》
▶ to say without shame
▶ to say impudently

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2023-12-29 20:08:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-12-29 07:59:02  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ よく言う │ 200,996 │ 78.0% │
│ 善く言う │      61 │  0.0% │ - sK
│ 良く言う │  26,595 │ 10.3% │
│ よくいう │  29,956 │ 11.6% │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
  Comments:
Adding [exp] tags
  Diff:
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>善く言う</keb>
+<keb>良く言う</keb>
@@ -11 +11,2 @@
-<keb>良く言う</keb>
+<keb>善く言う</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -16,0 +18 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -21,0 +24 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -27,0 +31 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -32,0 +37 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
3. A 2013-09-20 07:24:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2013-09-20 01:44:00  Marcus Richert
  Refs:
daijs (4 senses), daijr (1 sense)
prog
"よくいう【よく言う】
【例文】 あいつはよく言うよ Just listen to him!/How can he say such 
a thing?"
  Diff:
@@ -5,1 +5,7 @@
-<keb>よく言うよ</keb>
+<keb>よく言う</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>善く言う</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>良く言う</keb>
@@ -8,1 +14,1 @@
-<reb>よくいうよ</reb>
+<reb>よくいう</reb>
@@ -11,6 +17,20 @@
-<pos>&exp;</pos>
-<gloss>Look who's talking.</gloss>
-<gloss>Oh, look who's talking!</gloss>
-<gloss>Give me a break!</gloss>
-<gloss>Blow it out</gloss>
-<gloss>Get out of here!</gloss>
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
+<gloss>to say enough (as much as required)</gloss>
+<gloss>to say plenty</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
+<gloss>to say well</gloss>
+<gloss>to say cleverly</gloss>
+<gloss>to say elegantly</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
+<gloss>to say often</gloss>
+<gloss>to say frequently</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
+<s_inf>oft. as an admonition in the form of よく言うよ</s_inf>
+<gloss>to say without shame</gloss>
+<gloss>to say impudently</gloss>
1. A 2010-05-21 01:42:40  Scott
  Refs:
alc

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