語る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
語
かた
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with 騙 (かた)る (kataru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かたる [kàtárú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

語る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かたる, rōmaji kataru)

  1. talk about, tell, narrate
    彼 (かれ)は真 (しん)相 (そう)を語 (かた)った。
    Kare wa shinsō o katatta.
    He told the truth.
  2. recite
    義 (ぎ)太 (だ)夫 (ゆう)を語 (かた)る
    gidayū o kataru
    recite gidayu
  3. show that there was something
    椅 (い)子 (す)のぬくもりは彼 (かれ)がさっきまで座 (すわ)っていたことを語 (かた)っている。
    Isu no nukumori wa kare ga sakki made suwatteita koto o katatteiru.
    The warmth of the chair shows that he was sitting on it until a moment ago.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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