俚り諺げん

noun

proverb; saying

Formal or literary term for a proverb or traditional saying. In everyday speech, ことわざ is far more common.

• この俚り諺げんは江え戸ど時じ代だいから伝つたわっている。

  This proverb has been passed down since the Edo period.

• 彼かれの話はなしにはいつも古ふるい俚り諺げんが引いん用ようされる。

  Old sayings are always quoted in his stories.