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曰く言い難し (いわくいいがたし) — it is hard to explain | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji Vocab
曰く言い難し

曰く言い難し

曰いわく言い難いがたし

it is hard to explain

Kanji Vocab Emotions & Psychology33 strokes

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いわくいいがたし

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it is hard to explain, it is hard to say

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Kanji that make up this word

いわ.く・のたま.う・のたま.わく・ここに…(1)

say・reason・pretext・history・past…(1)

い.う・こと…(3)

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

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