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VOCABULARY
言い張る
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to insist / to persist in saying
insist, assert stubbornly, persist in saying, stick to one's guns
verb
Example sentences
かれ自分じぶんわるくないとった
He insisted that he was not at fault.
彼女かのじょていないと
She insists that she didn't see it.
いくらいてもらないとっている。
No matter how much I ask, he keeps insisting he doesn't know.
かれただしいと余計よけいあやしい。
The more he insists he's right, the more suspicious it seems.

Practice exercises

1
かれ間違まちがっていないとので、議論ぎろん長引ながびいた。
Since he insisted he wasn't wrong, the discussion dragged on.
Answer
2
だれがなんとっても、かれ自分じぶん意見いけんっている
No matter what anyone says, he persists in saying his opinion.
Answer
っているっています
3
証拠しょうこしめされても、かれ潔白けっぱくだとって反省はんせいいろせなかった。
Even when evidence was shown, he insisted he was innocent and showed no sign of remorse.
Answer
って
4
かれ自分じぶんただしいと
He insists that he is right.
Answer
ります
5
かれ自分じぶん無実むじつった
He insisted on his innocence.
Answer
ったりました