直ちょく接せつ話わ法ほう

noun

direct speech; direct quotation

Grammar term for quoting someone's words exactly as they were spoken, often marked by quotation marks or と.

• 直ちょく接せつ話わ法ほうでは、発はつ言げんをそのまま引いん用よう符ふで囲かこみます。

  In direct speech, the statement is enclosed in quotation marks as it is.

• 「彼かれは『行いきます』と言いった」は直ちょく接せつ話わ法ほうの例れいです。

  'He said, "I will go"' is an example of direct speech.