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

Etymology

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

パイの物 (もの)語 (がたり)
Pai no Monogatari
Story of Pi
- 1998 December 18 [Aug 15 1977], Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; Tezuka, Osamu, 罪と罰 [Crime and Punishment] (fiction), 10th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 8:
  この物語は革命前夜の帝政ロシアにおいて退廃と貧困にあけくれたぺテルブルグの町に起こった……
  Kono monogatari wa kakumei zen’ya no teisei Roshia ni oite taihan to hinkon ni akekureta Peteruburugu no machi ni okotta……
  This story takes place on the eve of a revolution, in the town of Petersburg where there is but decadence and poverty under the rule of the Russian monarchy……

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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