いわく
Iwaku
曰く (Iwaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “pretext, history, past, story”.
Meanings
- nounpretext; history; past; story
- adverbaccording to ...; ... says
Examples
賢人いわく、人生は失望の連続である。
Some wise man has said life consists of one disappointment after another.
ふふ・・・いわくがあるのさ、あそこには。
He-heh... there's a tale behind that, for that place.
カール・マルクス曰く「あらゆる社会の歴史は階級闘争の歴史である」だそうです。
Karl Marx says, "The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles."
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