Chinese edit

escape; leisurely; outstanding
 
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (逸話)
simp. (逸话)

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Japanese-coined? Sparsely attested in pre-modern Chinese”)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

逸話

  1. anecdote; apocryphal story

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
いつ
Grade: S

Grade: 2
kan’on kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
逸話 (kyūjitai)
 逸話 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 逸話 (MC yit hwaejH).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(いつ)() (itsuwaいつわ (itwa)?

  1. anecdote, story
    (かれ)には(おも)(しろ)(いつ)()がある。
    Kare ni wa omoshiroi itsuwa ga aru.
    There's an interesting story about him.

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

逸話 (ilhwa) (hangeul 일화)

  1. Hanja form? of 일화 (anecdote).