曰く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曰
いわ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

曰く (hiragana いわく, rōmaji iwaku)

  1. what a person or source says
    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。
    Kāru Marukusu iwaku “arayuru shakai no rekishi wa kaikyū tōsō no rekishi de aru” da sō desu.
    Karl Marx says that "The history of society is the history of class struggles."
  2. reason, story
    • 1950, 坂口安吾, 投手殺人事件:
      曰 (いわ)くありですな。
      Iwaku ari desu na.
      There's a story behind it for sure.

Usage notes

Do not confuse the kanji 曰 (say) with 日 (sun; day).

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