Meaning of お伽話 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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お伽話, 御伽話, おとぎ話, 御伽噺
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Kana Readingおとぎばなし
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Romajiotogibanashi
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- fairy-tale; nursery-tale
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Example Sentences
お伽話, 御伽話, おとぎ話, 御伽噺, おとぎばなし used in context
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She was absorbed in reading a fairy tale.
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Fiction is as old as fairy tales and myths.
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I had fairy tales read by my mother.
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The children were enthralled by the fairy tale.
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山田さんがその心ひかれるおとぎ話をやさしい日本語に翻訳した。
Ms. Yamada translated the fascinating fairy tale into plain Japanese.
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以前は子供の頃に、母はよく私におとぎ話を読んで聞かせてくれた。
When I was a child, my mother would often read fairy tales to me.
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