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曰く
Readings

iwaku
English
Noun (futsuumeishi)
pretext, history, past, story

Adverb (fukushi)
according to ..., ... says

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Kanjis
ON: エツ KUN: いわ.く, のたま.う, のたま.わく, ここに
say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73)

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Phrases
賢人いわく、人生は失望の連続である。
Parts: 賢人 (けんじん) 曰く (いわく) 人生 (じんせい) 失望 (しつぼう) 連続 (れんぞく) である
Some wise man has said life consists of one disappointment after another.
A wise man once said, life is a series of disappointments.

ふふ・・・いわくがあるのさ、あそこには。
Parts: 曰く (いわく) 有る (ある) 彼処 (あそこ) には
He-heh... there's a tale behind that, for that place.