物語

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  tale; story; legend
 * 1)  tale; story; legend

Noun

 * 1) a tale; a story

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

Coordinate terms

 * : anecdotes
 * : talking story
 * : allegory
 * : autobiography
 * : myth
 * : narrative
 * : legend
 * : fairytale
 * : Buddhist sermon
 * : folklore
 * : dialogue
 * : conversation
 * : discourse
 * : pipe dream
 * : old tale
 * : ancient belief
 * : lore
 * : novel
 * : fiction
 * : old legend
 * : parable
 * : nursery tale