歳さい月げつ流ながるる如ごとし

expression

time flies like an arrow

A classical proverb expressing the swift passage of time. The form 流るる is an archaic attributive form of 流る (modern 流れる). Used in literary or reflective contexts.

• 歳さい月げつ流ながるる如ごとし、気きがつけばもう十じゅう年ねんも経たっていた。

  Time flies like an arrow; before I knew it, ten years had already passed.