Vocabulary
曰く
いわく
pretext; history; past; story
noun
freq #900
Example sentences
賢人(けんじん)いわく、人生(じんせい)は失望(しつぼう)の連続(れんぞく)である。
Some wise man has said life consists of one disappointment after another.
ふふ・・・いわくがあるのさ、あそこには。
He-heh... there's a tale behind that, for that place.