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ことわざ

ことわざ 【言いならわし 】a saying ; 格言 a proverb ; 【処生訓 】a maxim .▸ ことわざにもあるように as the saying goes / as the proverb goes [says, runs ].▸ 「光陰矢のごとし 」ということわざがある There is a saying [a proverb ], “Time flies . / There is a saying [a proverb ] that time flies .