言い張る · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 言い張る | 言い張らない |
| Polite | 言い張ります | 言い張りません |
| Past polite | 言い張りました | 言い張りませんでした |
| Past | 言い張った | 言い張らなかった |
| Te-form | 言い張って | 言い張らないで |
| Desire | 言い張りたい | 言い張りたくない |
| Potential | 言い張れる | 言い張れない |
| Passive | 言い張られる | 言い張られない |
| Causative | 言い張らせる | 言い張らせない |
| Causative passive | 言い張らせられるalso 言い張らされる | 言い張らせられないalso 言い張らされない |
| Volitional | 言い張ろう | |
| Polite volitional | 言い張りましょう | |
| Imperative | 言い張れ | 言い張るな |
| Conditional | 言い張れば | 言い張らなければ |
| Tara conditional | 言い張ったら | 言い張らなかったら |
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
insist; assert; maintain stubbornly
Used when someone strongly maintains a statement, often in the face of opposition or doubt. Can imply stubbornness or refusal to back down.
He insisted that he was right.
She keeps insisting she knows nothing.
He insisted that he knew nothing about it.
She stubbornly insisted to the end that she was right.
The child insisted to his mother that he wasn't at fault.