"物語る" meaning in Japanese

See 物語る in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|ものがたる|type=1}} 物(もの)語(がた)る • (monogataru) godan (stem 物(もの)語(がた)り (monogatari), past 物(もの)語(がた)った (monogatatta)) Forms: 物語る [canonical] (ruby: (もの), (がた)), monogataru [romanization], 物語り [stem] (ruby: (もの), (がた)), 物語った [past] (ruby: (もの), (がた)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 物語ら [error-unrecognized-form], ものがたら [error-unrecognized-form], monogatara [error-unrecognized-form], 物語り [error-unrecognized-form], ものがたり [error-unrecognized-form], monogatari [error-unrecognized-form], 物語る [error-unrecognized-form], ものがたる [error-unrecognized-form], monogataru [error-unrecognized-form], 物語れ [error-unrecognized-form], ものがたれ [error-unrecognized-form], monogatare [error-unrecognized-form], 物語られる [passive], ものがたられる [passive], monogatarareru [passive], 物語らせる [causative], 物語らす [causative], ものがたらせる [causative], ものがたらす [causative], monogataraseru [causative], monogatarasu [causative], 物語れる [potential], ものがたれる [potential], monogatareru [potential], 物語ろう [volitional], ものがたろう [volitional], monogatarō [volitional], 物語らない [negative], ものがたらない [negative], monogataranai [negative], 物語らず [continuative, negative], ものがたらず [continuative, negative], monogatarazu [continuative, negative], 物語ります [formal], ものがたります [formal], monogatarimasu [formal], 物語った [perfective], ものがたった [perfective], monogatatta [perfective], 物語って [conjunctive], ものがたって [conjunctive], monogatatte [conjunctive], 物語れば [conditional, hypothetical], ものがたれば [conditional, hypothetical], monogatareba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. narrate (to relate a story) Related terms: 物語 (monogatari) (ruby: 物語(ものがたり))
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "物語る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogataru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語り",
      "roman": "monogatari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語った",
      "roman": "monogatatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogataru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatarareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogataraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatarasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatarō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogataranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatarimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ものがたる",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "物(もの)語(がた)る • (monogataru) godan (stem 物(もの)語(がた)り (monogatari), past 物(もの)語(がた)った (monogatatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "narrate (to relate a story)"
      ],
      "id": "en-物語る-ja-verb-yDC0FajA",
      "links": [
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "monogatari",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "物語",
              "ものがたり"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "物語"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ものがたる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "物語る"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "物語る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogataru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語り",
      "roman": "monogatari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語った",
      "roman": "monogatatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogataru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatarareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogataraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatarasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatarō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogataranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatarimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "物語れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ものがたれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monogatareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ものがたる",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "物(もの)語(がた)る • (monogataru) godan (stem 物(もの)語(がた)り (monogatari), past 物(もの)語(がた)った (monogatatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "monogatari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "物語",
          "ものがたり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "物語"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese godan verbs",
        "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "narrate (to relate a story)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ものがたる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "物語る"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 物語る meaning in Japanese (5.3kB)

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}

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}

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}

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  "title": "物語る",
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.