uta monogatari

English

Etymology

From Japanese 歌物語 (uta monogatari, “poem-tale”).

Noun

uta monogatari (countable and uncountable, plural uta monogatari)

1. A Japanese literary genre that originated in the Heian period. A subgenre of tale-literature, it includes works that combine poetry (waka) with fictional prose narrative.

Japanese

Romanization

uta monogatari

1. Rōmaji transcription of うたものがたり