俗言

ぞくげん

colloquial language

俗に

ぞくに

as slang, commonly

ボロクソに言う

ぼろくそにいう

to speak disparagingly of; to speak very ill of; to run down; to trash; to slam; to lay into

世に言う

よにいう

what is called; what they call; so-called

ように言う

ようにいう

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

言うに言われぬ

いうにいわれぬ

beyond expression, unspeakable, inexpressible, indescribable

俗

ぞく しょく

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk), laity, man of the world, the world

端的に言う

たんてきにいう

to come to the point, to get straight to the point, to speak frankly, to speak plainly, to talk straight

と言うのに

というのに

even though, despite, when

例えに言う

たとえにいう

to speak metaphorically

逆に言うと

ぎゃくにいうと

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

言うに及ばず

いうにおよばず

needless to say

控えめに言う

ひかえめにいう

to understate

大げさに言う

おおげさにいう

to exaggerate

言うにや及ぶ

いうにやおよぶ

it is needless to say

糞味噌に言う

くそみそにいう

to verbally attack (violently), to run down, to criticize severely, to criticise severely

厳密に言うと

げんみつにいうと

strictly speaking

簡単に言うと

かんたんにいうと

simply put

手短に言うと

てみじかにいうと

in brief, to put it succinctly