Another tendency of many Japanese speakers that bothers foreigners is to make statements that are too general and too broad by using or implying words like "all" and "every".
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Implying
Synonyms for "implying" (172 found)
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Related words (86)
includeincriminateindicateindictinferinform againstinform oninsinuateintimateinvolvelay chargeslead tolodge a complaintlodge a plaintmakemake fair promisemake likelymanifestmarkmean
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mean to saymentionpartakepin onpointpoint indirectly topoint toprefer chargespress chargespresumepresupposepromisepromptput on reportraise expectationrefer toremindreportreproachrequireseemset forthshowshow signs ofsignalsignalizesignifyspeak for itselfspeak volumesspellstand fair tostand forsubsumesuggestsupposesymbolizesymptomatizetaketake for grantedtake intake to tasktasktaunttaunt withtaxtelltend to showtwit
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Are you implying something?
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What are you implying?
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So what are you implying?
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