Shirabe
English jmdict
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expressions (phrases proverb truth is stranger than fiction
from 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.
Other forms 事実は小説より奇也 【じじつはしょうせつよりきなり】

小説しょうせつ

Common Noun
English jmdict
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi) novel;story;(work of) fiction
事実は小説よりも奇なり。
Fact is stranger than fiction.