で言うと (日本語能力試験 N3)

「で言うと」の情報

でいうと is an expression in Japanese that is commonly used to ask questions, or to give information about how one thing corresponds with another. It is a combination of the case marking particle で meaning 'with', and 言(い)うと meaning 'if said', or 'if we say'.
This structure will be seen after nouns, and can be translated as 'if said with (A), (B)'.

このバイクは、車(くるま)で言(い)うとランボルギーニみたいなものだ。
If we say it's a car, this bike is something like a Lamborghini.
日本(にほん)で言(い)うとパンみたいなもの？
If we say Japan, is it something like bread? (Would this be considered bread in Japan)
一言(ひとこと)で言(い)うと彼(かれ)は本当(ほんとう)に凄(すご)い人(ひと)だ。
If said in a word, he is an amazing person.

でいうと will often be seen in sentences with に当(あ)たる 'to be equivalent to', another common grammar structure used for drawing connections between things.

「What's up」は日本語(にほんご)でいうと、「元気(げんき)」に当(あ)たる。
If said with Japanese, 'what's up' is equivalent to 'Genki'.
コンピューターでいうとRAMに当(あ)たる。
If we say it's a computer, it is equivalent to Ram.

Fun Fact

一言(ひとこと)で言(い)うと is a set expression that means 'to put it in a word', 'in short', or 'to sum up'.

一言(ひとこと)で言(い)うと彼(かれ)とはもう会(あ)わないことにした。
To sum it up, I have decided to never see him again.

同義語

から言うと
Speaking in terms of, From the point of view of
未学習

例文

西暦(せいれき)の２０１９年(ねん)は、令和(れいわ)で言(い)うと元年(がんねん)に当(あ)たります。
The year 2019, on the western calendar, corresponds to the first year of Reiwa.
そのテレビは５０インチです。メートル法(ほう)で言(い)うとおよそ１２７センチです。
That TV is 50 inches. This is about 127 centimeters in the metric system.
バイナリの１００１は十進数(じっしんすう)で言(い)うと、9に当(あ)たります。
The binary 1001 corresponds to 9 in decimal.
十進数 can also be read じゅっしんすう, and is especially used in spoken language.
魚(さかな)のえらというのは人(ひと)で言(い)うと肺(はい)にあたる器官(きかん)だ。
Fish gills are organs that correspond to lungs in humans.
統計(とうけい)で言(い)うと、客(きゃく)の70%が観光客(かんこうきゃく)だ。
According to statistics, 70% of customers are tourists.
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