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いわく
Meanings
Noun
1. pretext; history; past; story
Adverb
2. according to ...; ... says
Alt. forms
曰
いわ
く
76%
いわく
23%
Pitch accent
い
わく
い
わく
Top 13300
Used in: 877
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
いわく
つき
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
いわく
ありげ
meaningful; suggestive
いわく
付
つ
き
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
Examples (1 in total)
賢
けん
人
じん
いわく
、
人
じん
生
せい
は
失
しつ
望
ぼう
の
連
れん
続
ぞく
である。
A wise man once said, life is a series of disappointments.