譬え話
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 譬 | 話 |
| たと Hyōgai |
はなし > ばなし Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 例え話 たとえ話 |
Etymology
From 譬え (tatoe, “example”) + 話 (hanashi, “narrative”). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
譬え話 • (tatoebanashi) ←たとへばなし (tatofebanasi)?
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN