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言いなり放題 (いいなりほうだい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

言いいなり放ほう題だい

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Meanings

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na-adjective

completely submissive; at someone's beck and call

Describes a person who does whatever another person says without resistance. Often used in phrases like 言いなり放題になる or 言いなり放題だ.

彼かれは妻つまに言いいなり放ほう題だいだ。
He is completely submissive to his wife.
子こ供どもを言いいなり放ほう題だいに育そだててはいけない。
You shouldn't raise a child to be completely submissive.

Written forms

言いいなり放ほう題だい
Standard kanji spelling.
言いい成なり放ほう題だい
Alternate kanji form using 成り; less common but still encountered.
いいなり放ほう題だい
Kana-mixed spelling; common in casual writing.

Kanji

言say, word
放set free, release, fire
題topic, subject
成turn into, become, get

Similar words

言いいなり
言いなり alone means 'doing as told' or 'submissive', but 言いなり放題 emphasizes the unlimited, unchecked nature of that submission.
放ほう題だい
放題 is a suffix meaning 'as much as one likes' or 'without restriction'. In 言いなり放題, it intensifies the sense of being completely at someone's mercy.

Etymology

Compound of 言いなり (doing as told) and 放題 (as much as one likes, without restriction). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination yields the meaning of being completely submissive to another's will.