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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

曰いわく

iwaku

according to, ... says

Used after the person or source being quoted. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. カール・マルクス曰いわく「あらゆる社会しゃかいの歴史れきしは階級闘争かいきゅうとうそうの歴史れきしである」だそうです。

    Karl Marx says, "The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles."

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. うちの息子むすこね、ナメクジが大好だいすきなの。彼かれ曰いわく、ナメクジのねばねば、ぬるぬるが堪たまらないんだって。

    My son really likes slugs. He says they’re sticky and slippery, and he finds that fascinating.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 友達ともだち曰いわく「作つくったのは凄すごいが、あまり格好良かっこうよくない」との事こと。

    According to his friend, it was 'amazing that he actually made it, but it wasn’t really a cool-looking instrument.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 曰

  • 曰say; reasonOnエツKunいわく・のたまう・のたまわく

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