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言い落とす (いいおとす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

言いい落おとす

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Meanings

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godan verb (-su), transitive verb

omit to say; forget to mention; leave unsaid

Used when someone unintentionally or deliberately fails to say something that should have been mentioned.

大だい事じなことを言いい落おとしてしまった。
I accidentally omitted to say something important.
彼かれはわざとその点てんを言いい落おとした

。

He deliberately left that point unsaid.

Written forms

言いい落おとすUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling.
言いい落おとす
Variant with simplified okurigana.
言落いいおとす
Abbreviated kanji form; less common.

Kanji

言say, word
落fall, drop, come down

Similar words

言いい忘わすれる
言い忘れる emphasizes forgetting to say something, while 言い落とす can also imply intentional omission.
言いい漏もらす
言い漏らす often suggests accidentally letting something slip or leaving out a detail, similar to 言い落とす but with a nuance of leakage.

Etymology

Compound of 言い (continuative form of 言う 'to say') + 落とす 'to drop, omit'. The meaning 'omit to say' is transparent from the components.