See also: 物语

Chinese

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thing; object; matter
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
trad. (物語)
simp. (物语)
 
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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (もの)(がたり) (monogatari).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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物語

  1. monogatari
  2. (in Japanese contexts) tale; story; legend

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
もの
Grade: 3
かた(り) > がた(り)
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
 
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Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) のがたり [mònógáꜜtàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾʲi]

Noun

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(もの)(がたり) (monogatari

  1. a tale; a story
    (げん)()(もの)(がたり)
    Genji Monogatari
    The Tale of Genji
    (ゆび)()(もの)(がたり)
    Yubiwa Monogatari
    The Tale of the Rings
    パイの(もの)(がたり)
    Pai no Monogatari
    Story of Pi
    • 1998 December 18 [1977 August 15], Fyodor Dostoyevsky with Tezuka, Osamu, 罪と罰, 10th edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 8:
      この(もの)(がたり)(かく)(めい)(ぜん)()(てい)(せい)ロシアにおいて退(たい)(はん)(ひん)(こん)にあけくれたぺテルブルグの(まち)()こった……
      Kono monogatari wa kakumei zen'ya no teisei Roshia ni oite taihan to hinkon ni akekureta Peteruburugu no machi ni okotta……
      This story takes place on the eve of a revolution, in the town of Petersburg where there is but decadence and poverty under the rule of the Russian monarchy…

Usage notes

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Refers especially to a fictional or fictionalized narrative, the Japanese equivalent of the Western epic or saga, although not in poetical form and of much shorter length.

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References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.