謂
reason
origin
history
oral tradition
| Word/Phrase |
Reading |
Meaning |
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言わば
謂わば
|
いわば
|
so to speak
so to call it
as it were
|
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言う
云う
謂う
|
いう
ゆう
|
to say
to utter
to declare
|
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所謂
|
いわゆる
|
what is called
as it is called
the so-called
|
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謂れ
謂われ
|
いわれ
|
reason
cause
|
|
言うところの
言う所の
謂う所の
|
いうところの
|
what is called
as it is called
the so-called
|
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過ちて改めざる是を過ちと謂う
過ちて改めざる是を過ちという
過ちて改めざるこれを過ちという
|
あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという
|
to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
|
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謂れ無い
謂れない
|
いわれない
|
unjustified
unwarranted
unfounded
|
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謂れ因縁
|
いわれいんねん
|
origin
history
|
|
謂れのない
|
いわれのない
|
unjustified
unwarranted
unfounded
|
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謂
|
いい
|
what was said
what it means
origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
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