the pen is mightier than the sword

Proverb

idiomatic metonymically

(idiomatic, metonymically) More influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.

Japanese Meaning

「ペンは剣よりも強し」－言葉や文章が武力よりも大きな影響力を持つという意味。 / 文筆を通じた表現や情報伝達が、物理的な力や暴力に勝るという考え方。 / 武力によらず、知識や思想、言論を用いる方法が社会に大きな変革をもたらすという意味。

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When she published the exposé, she proved that the pen is mightier than the sword, changing public opinion overnight.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女が暴露記事を発表したとき、文章は暴力よりも影響力があることを証明し、一夜にして世論を変えた。

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(idiomatic, metonymically) More influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.

If the pen is mightier than the sword in American history, it is more likely the pen of a novelist than the typewriter of a reporter — Harriet Beecher Stowe stimulating antislavery sentiment or Upton Sinclair enlisting citizens in outrage against the food-processing industry.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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