"物語" meaning in Japanese

See 物語 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾʲi] Forms: 物語 [canonical] (ruby: (もの), (がたり)), monogatari [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ものがたり}} 物(もの)語(がたり) • (monogatari)
  1. a tale; a story Categories (topical): Fiction
    Sense id: en-物語-ja-noun-upBIw3uw Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Coordinate_terms: 逸話 (itsuwa) (ruby: (いつ), ()) (english: anecdotes), お話 (o-hanashi) (ruby: (はなし)) (english: talking story), 寓話 (gūwa) (ruby: (ぐう), ()) (english: allegory), 自伝 (jiden) (ruby: (), (でん)) (english: autobiography), 神話 (shinwa) (ruby: (しん), ()) (english: myth), 説話 (setsuwa) (ruby: (せつ), ()) (english: narrative), 伝説 (densetsu) (ruby: (でん), (せつ)) (english: legend), 童話: fairytale (dōwa) (ruby: (どう), ()), 法話 (hōwa) (ruby: (ほう), ()) (english: Buddhist sermon), 民話: folklore (minwa) (ruby: (みん), ()), 対話 (taiwa) (ruby: (たい), ()) (english: dialogue), 会話 (kaiwa) (ruby: (かい), ()) (english: conversation), 談話: discourse (danwa) (ruby: (だん), ()), 夢物語 (yumemonogatari) (ruby: (ゆめ), (もの), (がたり)) (english: pipe dream), 昔話 (mukashibanashi) (ruby: (むかし), (ばなし)) (english: old tale), 古話 (kosetsu) (ruby: (), (せつ)) (english: ancient belief), 伝承 (denshō) (ruby: (でん), (しょう)) (english: lore), 小説 (shōsetsu) (ruby: (しょう), (せつ)) (english: novel), 作話: fiction (tsukuribanashi) (ruby: (つくり), (ばなし)), 古伝 (koden) (ruby: (), (でん)) (english: old legend), 譬話 (tatoebanashi) (ruby: (たとえ), (ばなし)) (english: parable), 伽話 (togibanashi) (ruby: (とぎ), (ばなし)) (english: nursery tale)

Alternative forms

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              "ばなし"
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              "氏",
              "じ"
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          "roman": "Pai no Monogatari",
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              "物",
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              "語",
              "がたり"
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          "ref": "1998 December 18 [1977 August 15], Fyodor Dostoyevsky with Tezuka, Osamu, 罪と罰 [Crime and Punishment], 10th edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 8:",
          "roman": "Kono monogatari wa kakumei zen'ya no teisei Roshia ni oite taihan to hinkon ni akekureta Peteruburugu no machi ni okotta……",
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              "ぜん"
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              "起",
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      "other": "ものがたり"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾʲi]"
    }
  ],
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          "承",
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              "革",
              "かく"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "めい"
            ],
            [
              "前",
              "ぜん"
            ],
            [
              "夜",
              "や"
            ],
            [
              "帝",
              "てい"
            ],
            [
              "政",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "退",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "廃",
              "はん"
            ],
            [
              "貧",
              "ひん"
            ],
            [
              "困",
              "こん"
            ],
            [
              "町",
              "まち"
            ],
            [
              "起",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "この物語は革命前夜の帝政ロシアにおいて退廃と貧困にあけくれたぺテルブルグの町に起こった……",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tale; a story"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tale",
          "tale"
        ],
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ものがたり"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "物語"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 物語 meaning in Japanese (4.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "物語"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "物語",
  "trace": ""
}

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