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蠅はえの王おう

Meanings

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noun

Lord of the Flies (novel)

work of art, literature, music, etc.

Title of the 1954 novel by William Golding.

『蠅はえの王おう』はウィリアム・ゴールディングの代だい表ひょう作さくです。
"Lord of the Flies" is William Golding's masterpiece.

Written forms

蠅はえの王おう
Standard kanji spelling for the novel title.
蝿はえの王おう
Variant kanji form using 蝿 instead of 蠅; both are correct.

Kanji

蠅fly
王king, rule, magnate
蝿fly

Etymology

The Japanese title is a direct translation of the English "Lord of the Flies."