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  • Kun: い.う, いい, おも.う, いわゆる
  • On: イ
  • Meaning: reason, origin, history, oral tradition
  • Examples:
    WordReadingMeaning
    謂れいわれreason, origin, (oral) history
    謂われいわれreason, origin, (oral) history
    謂わばいわばso to speak, so to call it, as it were
    謂ういう, ゆうto say; to call (i.e. to give a name)
    所謂いわゆるwhat is called, as it is called, the so-called, so to speak
    過ちて改めざる是を過ちと謂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)