► 動詞
発言 [はつげん] [発言する] meaning: speak rank: 2
☆ 発言したい人は手を挙げて下さい ⇨ Please raise your hand if you’d like to speak, comment (☛ Speak publicly)
► 名詞
発言 [はつげん] meaning: comment rank: 2
☆ 彼の発言は大きな物議を醸し出した ⇨ His comment started a big controversy
More examples:
- そういう発言は誤解されかねません ⇨ A comment like that could be misunderstood
- 彼は国会で首相の発言の真偽を質した ⇨ He questioned the legitimacy of the comment the prime minister had made
- 彼の発言は論争を呼んだ ⇨ His comment caused a controversy
- 波立てるような発言はするべきでない ⇨ You should not make comments that cause wave, stir things up
- 首相の発言は野党の怒りを買った ⇨ The prime minister’s remark caused indignations in the opposing party
- 彼の不快な発言で皆ドン引きした ⇨ Everybody cringed at his offensive remark
- 彼の発言は座を白けさせた ⇨ His remark threw a wet blanket to the attendance
- 彼の発言を聞いて見識を疑った ⇨ I heard his comment and questioned his judgement
- 彼の発言に観衆がざわめいた ⇨ The audience grumbled reacting to his comment
- 人の気持ちを傷つけるような発言 ⇨ A comment that hurts someone’s feelings
- 彼の発言に多くの人が気分を害した ⇨ Many people are offended by his remark
- 彼の余りに馬鹿げた発言に私は脱力した ⇨ His extremely stupid remark made me limp and numb
- 専門家が首相の発言を挙って批判した ⇨ The multitude of experts together criticised the prime minister’s remarks
- 彼の不用意な発言が相手の不信感を募らせた ⇨ His careless comment made the mistrust of the other side worse
- 彼の発言は多くの人の気分を害した ⇨ His remark offended many people