言い出す (いいだす): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

言い出す (いいだす) means to start speaking / to propose / to suggest.

See example sentences below.

言い出す at a glance

言い出す

いいだすiidasu

N2verb

to start speaking / to propose / to suggest

言い出すいいだすiidasuN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to start speaking / to propose / to suggest

Example 1

彼が会議で新しい案を言い出した。

Translation

He proposed a new idea at the meeting.

Example 2

そんなことを急に言い出さないで。

Translation

Don’t suddenly start saying something like that.