Chinese

Noun

物語

1. tale, story, legend
2. monogatari

Japanese

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ものが​たり [mònógáꜜtàrì] (Nakadaka - [3])
• IPA^(key): [mõ̞no̞ɡ̃a̠ta̠ɾi]

Noun

物語 ‎(hiragana ものがたり, romaji monogatari)

1. a tale; a story

   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

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.