"曰く" meaning in Japanese

See 曰く in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [iβ̞a̠kɯ̟] Forms: 曰く [canonical] (ruby: (いわ)), iwaku [romanization], ifaku [romanization], いはく [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. The く (ku)-nominalization of the classical verb 言ふ (ifu), modern 言う (iu, “to say”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=いわく}} Old Japanese, {{ja-r|く}} く (ku) Head templates: {{ja-noun|いわく|hhira=いはく}} 曰(いわ)く • (iwaku) ^(←いはく (ifaku)?)
  1. (used adverbially) what a person or source says; according to Tags: adverbial
    Sense id: en-曰く-ja-noun-myUDx1~4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 70 7 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 90 3 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 89 3 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 38 16 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 73 7 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 3 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 64 9 26
  2. a reason, story
    Sense id: en-曰く-ja-noun-4T3pCpS5 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 38 16 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 曰く言い難し (iwaku iigatashi) (ruby: (いわ), (), (がた))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [no̞ta̠ma̠β̞a̠kɯ̟] Forms: 曰く [canonical] (ruby: (のたまわ)), notamawaku [romanization], notamafaku [romanization], のたまはく [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: The く (ku)-nominalization of the classical verb 宣ふ (notamafu → notamau, “to say”, archaic), from 宣(の)り給(たま)う (noritamau), compound of 宣(の)り (nori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 宣(の)る (noru, “to say, declare”)”) + たまう (tamau, an honorific). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|く}} く (ku), {{ja-r|宣り給う|のりたまう}} 宣(の)り給(たま)う (noritamau), {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|宣る|のる|to say, declare|pos=}} 宣(の)る (noru, “to say, declare”), {{ja-ryk|宣る|のる|to say, declare|nodot=1}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 宣(の)る (noru, “to say, declare”), {{ja-com|宣り|のり|たまう|pos2=an honorific|t1=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<span class="mention-tr tr">ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 宣(の)る (<span class="mention-tr tr">noru</span>, “to say, declare”)}} 宣(の)り (nori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 宣(の)る (noru, “to say, declare”)”) + たまう (tamau, an honorific) Head templates: {{ja-noun|のたまわく|hhira=のたまはく}} 曰(のたまわ)く • (notamawaku) ^(←のたまはく (notamafaku)?)
  1. (honorific, used adverbially) ...says Tags: adverbial, honorific
    Sense id: en-曰く-ja-noun-utU553rP Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 38 16 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        "1": "く"
      },
      "expansion": "く (ku)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "宣り給う",
        "2": "のりたまう"
      },
      "expansion": "宣(の)り給(たま)う (noritamau)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "連%用%形",
        "2": "れん%よう%けい",
        "3": "stem or continuative form",
        "rom": "ren'yōkei"
      },
      "expansion": "連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "宣る",
        "2": "のる",
        "3": "to say, declare",
        "pos": ""
      },
      "expansion": "宣(の)る (noru, “to say, declare”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "宣る",
        "2": "のる",
        "3": "to say, declare",
        "nodot": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 宣(の)る (noru, “to say, declare”)",
      "name": "ja-ryk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "宣り",
        "2": "のり",
        "3": "たまう",
        "pos2": "an honorific",
        "t1": "連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<span class=\"mention-tr tr\">ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 宣(の)る (<span class=\"mention-tr tr\">noru</span>, “to say, declare”)"
      },
      "expansion": "宣(の)り (nori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 宣(の)る (noru, “to say, declare”)”) + たまう (tamau, an honorific)",
      "name": "ja-com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The く (ku)-nominalization of the classical verb 宣ふ (notamafu → notamau, “to say”, archaic), from 宣(の)り給(たま)う (noritamau), compound of 宣(の)り (nori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 宣(の)る (noru, “to say, declare”)”) + たまう (tamau, an honorific).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "曰く",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "曰",
          "のたまわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "notamawaku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "notamafaku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "のたまはく",
      "roman": "notamafaku",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "のたまわく",
        "hhira": "のたまはく"
      },
      "expansion": "曰(のたまわ)く • (notamawaku) ^(←のたまはく (notamafaku)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese honorific terms",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1596, Contemptus mundi\nVon arujino notamauaqu: qui seqitur me, non ambulat in tenebris, sed babebit lumen vitæ. Ioan. 8. Vareuo xitǒ monoua yamigiuo yucazu: tada jumiǒ no ficariuo motçu bexi to nari.\nThe Lord says: Qui seqitur me, non ambulat in tenebris, sed babebit lumen vitæ. (John 8[:12]) ‘Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "...says"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "says",
          "says"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(honorific, used adverbially) ...says"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "honorific"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "のたまわく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[no̞ta̠ma̠β̞a̠kɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Kōjien",
    "Shinmura Izuru",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "曰く"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 曰く meaning in Japanese (6.9kB)

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