Vocabulary

What does 光陰矢の如し (こういんやのごとし) mean?

光陰矢の如し (こういんやのごとし) means time flies by as fast as an arrow (lit. time and tide are like an arrow).

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Reading	こういんやのごとし

光陰矢の如しこういんやのごとし

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time flies by as fast as an arrow (lit. time and tide are like an arrow)

Example sentences

光陰矢(こういんや)の如(ごと)しで、気(き)がつけば大学(だいがく)を卒業(そつぎょう)して十年(じゅうねん)が経(た)っていた。
Time flies; before I knew it, ten years had passed since I graduated from university.