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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

曰く

Reading

Kana: いわく
Romaji: iwaku
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Definitions

noun
1

pretext; history; past; story

n-adv
2

according to ...; ... says

Kanji

曰
Readings: エツ、 いわ.く、 のたま.う、 のたま.わく、 ここに
Meanings: say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73)

Example Sentences

賢人(けんじん)いわく、人生(じんせい)は失望(しつぼう)の連続(れんぞく)である。
➥Some wise man has said life consists of one disappointment after another.
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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(かいきゅう)闘争(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."
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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.
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