1.
to tell (someone) to; to ask (someone) to; to instruct to
Used to report an indirect command or request. The speaker conveys what they told or asked someone else to do. Follows the dictionary or nai form of a verb.
Used for indirect speech when reporting that someone was told or asked to do something.
Common patterns
- [Person に] Verb (dict form) + ように言う: to tell/ask someone to do ~
- [Person に] Verb (nai form) + ように言う: to tell/ask someone not to do ~
- 受身形 ように言われる: to be told to do ~
- 〜するように言う: tell someone to do ~
- 〜しないように言う: tell someone not to do ~
- 〜ように言われた: was told to ~
- 〜ように頼む: to ask someone to ~ (softer than 言う)