Vocabulary

What does 曰く (いわく, iwaku) mean?

曰く (いわく, iwaku) means pretext; history; past.

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Readingいわく
Romajiiwaku
Part of speechnoun
いわく
iwaku

pretext; history; past

  1. 1noun pretext; history; past
  2. 2adverb according to ...; ... says

Also written: 曰

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