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    3. 曰く言い難し

    曰く言い難し

    曰いわく​言いい​難がたし​

    it is hard to explain

    NTExpressionsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab33 strokes

    いわくいいがたし

    Expressions

    1.
    it is hard to explain, it is hard to say

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    Characters that make up this word

    曰
    いわ.く・のたま.う・のたま.わく・ここに…(1)
    say・reason・pretext・history・past…(1)
    Kanji
    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
    Kanji
    難
    かた.い・-がた.い・むずか.しい・むづか.しい・むつか.しい・-にく.い…(3)
    difficult・impossible・trouble・accident・defect
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
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