Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “事実は小説より奇なり”

事実は小説より奇なり

じじつはしょうせつよりきなり

truth is stranger than fiction

Example sentence

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.

Kanji details

事

・matter

・thing

・fact

・business

・reason

・possibly

実

・reality

・truth

小

・little

・small

説

・opinion

・theory

・explanation

・rumor

奇

・strange

・strangeness

・curiosity