Dictionary / Vocabulary / 奇
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strange; unconventional; eccentric; novel
事実は小説よりも奇なり。
Fact is stranger than fiction.
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.