昔話

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昔	話
むかし Grade: 3	はなし > ばなし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 昔(むかし) (mukashi) + 話(はなし) (hanashi). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝka̠ɕiba̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

昔(むかし)話(ばなし) • (mukashibanashi) 

1. folklore; legend, old tale, fairy tale, folktale

   ノルウェーの昔話(むかしばなし)

   Noruwē no mukashibanashi

   Norwegian folktale