excuse

Kanji in this word

• 言 say, word
• 訳 translate

Example sentences

• 彼かれは言い訳いいわけを始はじめた。

  Kare wa iiwake o hajime ta.

  He began to make excuses.

• トムは言い訳いいわけを始はじめた。

  Tomu wa iiwake o hajime ta.

  Tom began to make excuses.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 言葉 word; language
• 言う to say
• 伝言 message
• 発言 statement, remark
• 方言 dialect
• 言葉遣い wording, language use