簡かん単たんに言いえば

expression

simply put; in short

Used to introduce a simplified summary or rephrasing of a previous statement. Common in both spoken and written Japanese.

• 簡かん単たんに言いえば、この計けい画かくは失しっ敗ぱいだった。

  Simply put, this plan was a failure.

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいは長ながかったが、簡かん単たんに言いえば「ノー」ということだ。

  His explanation was long, but in short, it means 'no'.