言いなり[いいなり] (iinari)

doing as one is told

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Meaning

言いなり (いいなり, iinari) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “doing as one is told”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 9

彼かれはボスの 言いいなりだ

He is the boss's yes-man.

彼は妻の言いなりだ。

He does just as his wife says.

私は私の妻の言いなりです。

I am at my wife's beck and call.

彼女かのじょは 彼かれの 言いいなりです。

He has her under his thumb.