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物語

物語

See also: 物语

Chinese

thing; object; matter
 
dialect; language; speech; tell to
trad. (物語)
simp. (物语)

Noun

物語

  1. tale, story, legend
  2. monogatari

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もの
Grade: 3
かた(り) > がた(り)
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

物語 (hiragana ものがたり, romaji monogatari)

  1. a tale; a story
     (ゆび) () (もの) (がたり)
    Yubiwa Monogatari
    The Tale of the Rings

Usage notes

Refers especially to a fictional or fictionalized narrative, the Japanese equivalent of the Western epic, although not in poetical form and of much shorter length.

Coordinate terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.