物語

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See also: 物语

Chinese

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

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 物(もの)語(がたり) (monogatari).

Pronunciation

Noun

物語

  1. monogatari
  2. (in Japanese contexts) tale; story; legend

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Japanese

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

Noun

物(もの)語(がたり) • (monogatari) 

  1. a tale; a story
    源(げん)氏(じ)物(もの)語(がたり)
    Genji Monogatari
    The Tale of Genji
    指(ゆび)輪(わ)物(もの)語(がたり)
    Yubiwa Monogatari
    The Tale of the Rings
    パイの物(もの)語(がたり)
    Pai no Monogatari
    Story of Pi
    • 1998 December 18 [1977 August 15], Fyodor Dostoyevsky with Tezuka, Osamu, 罪と罰, 10th edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 8:
      この物(もの)語(がたり)は革(かく)命(めい)前(ぜん)夜(や)の帝(てい)政(せい)ロシアにおいて退(たい)廃(はん)と貧(ひん)困(こん)にあけくれたぺテルブルグの町(まち)に起(お)こった……
      Kono monogatari wa kakumei zen'ya no teisei Roshia ni oite taihan to hinkon ni akekureta Peteruburugu no machi ni okotta……
      This story takes place on the eve of a revolution, in the town of Petersburg where there is but decadence and poverty under the rule of the Russian monarchy…

Usage notes

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

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References

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