逸話

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Chinese

escape; leisurely; outstanding
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
trad. (逸話) 逸 話
simp. (逸话) 逸 话

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Japanese-coined? Sparsely attested in pre-modern Chinese”)

Pronunciation

Noun

逸話

  1. anecdote; apocryphal story

Japanese

Kanji in this term
逸 話
いつ
Grade: S 		わ
Grade: 2
kan'on kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
逸話 (kyūjitai)
 逸話 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 逸話 (MC yit hwaejH).

Pronunciation

Noun

逸(いつ)話(わ) • (itsuwa) ←いつわ (itwa)?

  1. anecdote, story
    彼(かれ)には面(おも)白(しろ)い逸(いつ)話(わ)がある。
    Kare ni wa omoshiroi itsuwa ga aru.
    There's an interesting story about him.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
逸話

Noun

逸話 • (ilhwa) (hangeul 일화)

  1. hanja form? of 일화 (“anecdote”)
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