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[いわ()·]
iwaku
noun, adverb

English Meaning(s) for 曰く

noun
  1. pretext; history; past; story
noun, adverb
  1. according to ...; ... says

Definition and Synonyms for 曰く

Account a record or narrative description of past events
Synonyms: のたまわく, クロニクル, ヒストリー, 伝説, 叙事文, 史乗, 史書, 因縁, 実記, 履歴, 年代記, 年譜, 所記, 故事, 曰く, 来歴, 来由, 歴史, 沿革, 物語, 物語る, 由来, 由来書, 由緒, 由縁, 経緯, 編年史, 言う, 言伝, 記事, 記述, , , 話す, 語り草, 説話, 謂れ, 謂れ因縁, 講談, 青史

Meanings for each kanji in 曰く

» say; reason; pretext; history; past; flat sun radical (no. 73)

Categories 曰く is a member of

Record anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
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Sample Sentences for 曰く

A wise man once said, life is a series of disappointments.
He-heh... there's a tale behind that, for that place.
Some wise man has said life consists of one disappointment after another.
Karl Marx says, "The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles."

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