"語る" meaning in Japanese

See 語る in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ka̠ta̠ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: Cognate with 騙(かた)る (kataru). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|騙る|かたる}} 騙(かた)る (kataru) Head templates: {{ja-verb|かたる|tr=trans|type=1}} 語(かた)る • (kataru) transitive godan (stem 語(かた)り (katari), past 語(かた)った (katatta)) Forms: 語る [canonical] (ruby: (かた)), kataru [romanization], 語り [stem] (ruby: (かた)), 語った [past] (ruby: (かた)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 語ら [error-unrecognized-form], かたら [error-unrecognized-form], katara [error-unrecognized-form], 語り [error-unrecognized-form], かたり [error-unrecognized-form], katari [error-unrecognized-form], 語る [error-unrecognized-form], かたる [error-unrecognized-form], kataru [error-unrecognized-form], 語れ [error-unrecognized-form], かたれ [error-unrecognized-form], katare [error-unrecognized-form], 語られる [passive], かたられる [passive], katarareru [passive], 語らせる [causative], 語らす [causative], かたらせる [causative], かたらす [causative], kataraseru [causative], katarasu [causative], 語れる [potential], かたれる [potential], katareru [potential], 語ろう [volitional], かたろう [volitional], katarō [volitional], 語らない [negative], かたらない [negative], kataranai [negative], 語らず [continuative, negative], かたらず [continuative, negative], katarazu [continuative, negative], 語ります [formal], かたります [formal], katarimasu [formal], 語った [perfective], かたった [perfective], katatta [perfective], 語って [conjunctive], かたって [conjunctive], katatte [conjunctive], 語れば [conditional, hypothetical], かたれば [conditional, hypothetical], katareba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. talk about, tell, narrate
    Sense id: en-語る-ja-verb-LS0IbNxN Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 45 24 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 42 35 23
  2. recite
    Sense id: en-語る-ja-verb-Fr6IKCfs Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 42 35 23
  3. show that there was something
    Sense id: en-語る-ja-verb-qCpPvKW6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 13 68 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 34 11 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 6 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 42 35 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 6 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 7 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 6 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 話す (hanasu) (ruby: (はな)), 述べる (noberu) (ruby: ()), 言う (iu) (ruby: ()) Derived forms: 語り (katari) (ruby: (かた)) [noun], 物語る (monogataru) (ruby: (もの), (がた))
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "katari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "語り"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "monogataru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "物語る"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "騙る",
        "2": "かたる"
      },
      "expansion": "騙(かた)る (kataru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with 騙(かた)る (kataru).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "語る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語り",
      "roman": "katari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語った",
      "roman": "katatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katarareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katarasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katarō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katarimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かたる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "語(かた)る • (kataru) transitive godan (stem 語(かた)り (katari), past 語(かた)った (katatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 24 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 35 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He told the truth.",
          "roman": "Kare wa shinsō o katatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "真",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "相",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼は真相を語った。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "talk about, tell, narrate"
      ],
      "id": "en-語る-ja-verb-LS0IbNxN",
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 35 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to recite gidayu",
          "roman": "gidayū o kataru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "義",
              "ぎ"
            ],
            [
              "太",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "義太夫を語る",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "recite"
      ],
      "id": "en-語る-ja-verb-Fr6IKCfs",
      "links": [
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 13 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 11 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 6 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 35 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 6 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 7 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 6 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The warmth of the chair shows that he was sitting on it until a moment ago.",
          "roman": "Isu no nukumori wa kare ga sakki made suwatte ita koto o katatte iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "椅",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "座",
              "すわ"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "椅子のぬくもりは彼がさっきまで座っていたことを語っている。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "show that there was something"
      ],
      "id": "en-語る-ja-verb-qCpPvKW6"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かたる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ta̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "hanasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "話",
          "はな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "話す"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "noberu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "述",
          "の"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "述べる"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "iu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "言う"
    }
  ],
  "word": "語る"
}
{
  "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 wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "katari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "語り"
    },
    {
      "roman": "monogataru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "語",
          "がた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "物語る"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "騙る",
        "2": "かたる"
      },
      "expansion": "騙(かた)る (kataru)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with 騙(かた)る (kataru).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "語る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語り",
      "roman": "katari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語った",
      "roman": "katatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "語",
          "かた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katarareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katarasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katarō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kataranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katarimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かたれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katareba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かたる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "語(かた)る • (kataru) transitive godan (stem 語(かた)り (katari), past 語(かた)った (katatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He told the truth.",
          "roman": "Kare wa shinsō o katatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "真",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "相",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼は真相を語った。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "talk about, tell, narrate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "narrate",
          "narrate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to recite gidayu",
          "roman": "gidayū o kataru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "義",
              "ぎ"
            ],
            [
              "太",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "義太夫を語る",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "recite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The warmth of the chair shows that he was sitting on it until a moment ago.",
          "roman": "Isu no nukumori wa kare ga sakki made suwatte ita koto o katatte iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "椅",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "す"
            ],
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "座",
              "すわ"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "椅子のぬくもりは彼がさっきまで座っていたことを語っている。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "show that there was something"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かたる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ta̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hanasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "話",
          "はな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "話す"
    },
    {
      "roman": "noberu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "述",
          "の"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "述べる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "言う"
    }
  ],
  "word": "語る"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 語る meaning in Japanese (6.5kB)

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