おっしゃる

おっしゃる · ossharu · JLPT N4 · verb-godan

-- honorific expression for いう --

仰る: the kanji means look up — words from someone you look up to

Use おっしゃる instead of いう when a superior or customer is the one speaking. Its kanji 仰 also appears in 仰ぐ, to look up to or revere. Note the irregular polite form: おっしゃいます, not おっしゃります.

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