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    3. 事実は小説よりも奇なり

    事実は小説よりも奇なり

    事じ実じつは​小しょう説せつよ​り​も​奇きな​り​

    truth is stranger than fiction

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab57 strokes

    じじつはしょうせつよりもきなり

    Expressions

    1.
    truth is stranger than fiction
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    事
    こと・つか.う・つか.える…(3)
    matter・thing・fact・business・reason…(1)
    Kanji
    実
    み・みの.る・まこと・みの・みち.る…(4)
    reality・truth・seed・fruit・nut
    Kanji
    小
    ちい.さい・こ-・お-・さ-…(6)
    little・small
    Kanji
    説
    と.く…(4)
    opinion・theory・explanation・rumor
    Kanji
    奇
    く.しき・あや.しい・くし・めずら.しい…(1)
    strange・strangeness・curiosity
    Kanji
    は
    ha
    Kana
    よ
    yo
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    も
    mo
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
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