Jisho

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Words — 4 found

Noun
1. pretext; history; past; story
    ふふ・・・
  • いわく
  • ある
  • あそこ
  • には
He-heh... there's a tale behind that, for that place.
Adverb (fukushi)
2. according to ...; ... says
  • けんじん賢人
  • いわく
  • じんせい人生
  • しつぼう失望
  • れんぞく連続
  • である
Some wise man has said life consists of one disappointment after another.
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いわ
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
1. meaningful; suggestiveUsually written using kana alone
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Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun
1. with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explainUsually written using kana alone
Other forms
曰く付き 【いわくつき】
Jreibun
    私が
  • いま
  • 住んでいる
  • へや部屋
  • は、いわゆる
  • じこぶっけん事故物件
  • と言われる
  • いわくつ曰く付き
  • へや部屋
  • だが、
  • やちん家賃
  • はかく破格
  • の安さだったので借りることにした。
The apartment I am currently living in is what is called a “stigmatized property,” which has acquired an undesirable reputation, but I decided to rent it anyway because the rent was unbelievably cheap.
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いわがた
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
1. it is hard to explain; it is hard to say
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Kanji — 1 found

100.0
4 strokes.
say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73)
On: エツ
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Sentences — 1 found

  • 76800
      カール・マルクス
    • いわ曰く
    • あらゆる
    • しゃかい社会
    • れきし歴史
    • かいきゅうとうそう階級闘争
    • れきし歴史
    • である
    • そうです
    Karl Marx says, "The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles." Tatoeba
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Names — 1 found

いわく 【曰】
Given name, gender not specified
1. Iwaku