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言わずと知れた

exp
いわずとしれた
as everyone knows; needless to point out
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言わずもがな

exp
いわずもがな
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; should rather be left unsaid
Word

言わず語らず

いわずかたらず
to be tacit
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言わせておく

いわせておく
to let someone say
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言い争い

言争い
いいあらそい
a quarrel; argument
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言い繕う

言繕う
いいつくろう
to gloss over
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言い切る

言いきる、言切る
いいきる
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
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言わでも

exp
いわでも
goes without saying; needn't be said; should rather be left unsaid
Word

言わでもの事

言わでものこと
いわでものこと
something that goes without saying; something that needn't be said; something that should rather be left unsaid
Word

言わぬが花

exp
いわぬがはな
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden