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事実は小説より奇なり
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    truth is stranger than fiction

    Proverbfrom the English saying

    最近思いもよらない事件が多いね。事実は小説より奇なり、とはよく言ったもんだよ。
    You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.

Also written 事実は小説より奇也【じじつはしょうせつよりきなり】

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事matter, thing8 strokes · Jōyō実reality, truth8 strokes · Jōyō小little, small3 strokes · Jōyō説opinion, theory14 strokes · Jōyō奇strange, strangeness8 strokes · Jōyō

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最近思いもよらない事件が多いね。事実は小説より奇なり、とはよく言ったもんだよ。

You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.

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