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かごん⓪

過言

exaggeration; overstatement

それは成功せいこうと言いっても過言かごんではありません。

It is no exaggeration to call that a success.

In Standard Japanese: Intermediate, lesson 21

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危ぶむあやぶむto fear; to have misgivings

ありきたりありきたりordinary; clichéd

潔いいさぎよいhonorable; forthright; gracious in accepting defeat

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