物語

See also: 物语

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wùyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ jyu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): bu̍t-gú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wùyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: maht yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ yu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² jyː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-gú
  - Tâi-lô: bu̍t-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: budguo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻²² gu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² gu⁴¹/

Noun

物語

tale; story; legend
monogatari

Synonyms

(tale): 故事 (gùshi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	語
もの Grade: 3	かた(り) > がた(り) Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ものがたり [mònógáꜜtàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾʲi]

Noun

物語 (hiragana ものがたり, rōmaji monogatari)

a tale; a story
源 (げん)氏 (じ)物 (もの)語 (がたり)
Genji Monogatari
The Tale of Genji

指 (ゆび)輪 (わ)物 (もの)語 (がたり)
Yubiwa Monogatari
The Tale of the Rings

Usage notes

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

Coordinate terms

説話 (せつわ) (setsuwa): narrative
伝説 (でんせつ) (densetsu): legend
童 (どう)話 (わ) (dōwa): fairytale
法 (ほう)話 (わ) (hōwa): Buddhist sermon
民 (みん)話 (わ) (minwa): folklore
夢物語 (ゆめものがたり) (yumemonogatari): pipe dream

References

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

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