~と言ったら
Speaking of X.../When it comes to X
About
というと・といえば・といったら are all combinations of the と quotation marker and conditional forms of the verb 言う, and have the following usages:
| "Speaking of" | "X makes me think of Y" | "By X, do you mean Y?" | "X is X, but Y" | Topic marker |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
というと | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
といえば | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
といったら | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
といったら in particular may be used to form "speaking of X"- type sentences:
E.g. 春といったら花見だ。 "When I hear spring I think of hanami."
As well as "X makes me think of Y"-type sentences:
E.g. 北海道といったら、美味しい牛乳を想像します。 "Hokkaido" makes me think of (lit. imagine) tasty milk."
~といったら can also be used to mark the topic of discussion, and emphasize how the speaker feels about it:
E.g. 通勤ラッシュの混み具合といったら、息もできないくらいだ。 "When it comes to the state of the rush hour (to work), it's (to the extent) that I can't even breathe."
といったら is a combination of the と quotation marker and the たら conditional form of the verb 言う
といったら has usages: "speaking of X", "X makes me think of Y", and as a topic marker
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