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VOCABULARY
いわく
i
い
wa
わ
ku
く
according to / says (that...)
reason, circumstances, pretext, according to (a person), it is said that
noun
adverb
Example sentences
先せん生せいいわく、努ど力りょくこそが才さい能のうだ。
According to the teacher, effort itself is talent.
母ははいわく、私わたしは頑がん固こらしい。
According to my mother, I am apparently stubborn.
この古ふるい屋や敷しきにはいわくがある。
This old mansion has its circumstances (a story behind it).
評ひょう論ろん家かいわく、今こ年としの傑けっ作さくだそうだ。
According to the critic, it is this year's masterpiece.

Practice exercises

1
その古ふるい言いい伝つたえいわく、山やまには神かみが住すむという。
According to that old legend, a god lives on the mountain.
Answer
いわく
2
彼かれが仕事しごとを辞やめたのには何なにかいわくがあったに違ちがいない。
There must have been some reason/circumstances behind him quitting his job.
Answer
いわく
3
この骨董品こっとうひんには持もち主ぬしが次々つぎつぎと変かわったといういわくつきの過去かこがある。
This antique has a past with shady circumstances, said to have changed owners one after another.
Answer
いわく
4
彼かれの過去かこには、いわく言いい難がたい事情じじょうがあると囁ささやかれている。
It is whispered that there are circumstances in his past that are difficult to explain.
Answer
いわく
5
この古ふるい家いえには何なにかいわくがありそうだ。
This old house seems to have some circumstances/history.
Answer
いわく