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おとぎ話

御伽噺、 お伽話、 お伽噺、 御伽話、 おとぎ噺

Reading

Kana: おとぎばなし
Romaji: otogibanashi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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fairy-tale; nursery-tale

See also: 伽話

Kanji

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: ギョ、 ゴ、 おん-、 お-、 み-
Meanings: honorable, manipulate, govern
Readings: カ、 ガ、 キャ、 ギャ、 とぎ
Meanings: nursing, attending, entertainer
Reading: はなし
Meanings: talk, (kokuji)

Example Sentences

その少女(しょうじょ)はおとぎ(ばなし)()むのに夢中(むちゅう)だ。
➥The little girl was absorbed in reading a fairy tale.
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小説(しょうせつ)はおとぎ(ばなし)神話(しんわ)(おな)じぐらい(ふる)い。
➥Fiction is as old as fairy tales and myths.
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彼女(かのじょ)はおとぎ(ばなし)()むのに夢中(むちゅう)になっていた。
➥She was absorbed in reading a fairy tale.
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子供(こども)たちはそのおとぎ(ばなし)(こころ)(うば)われた。
➥The children were enthralled by the fairy tale.
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(わたし)はお(かあ)さんにおとぎ(ばなし)()んでもらった。
➥I had fairy tales read by my mother.
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その作家(さっか)がそのおとぎ(ばなし)私達(わたしたち)母語(ぼご)翻訳(ほんやく)した。
➥The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue.
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