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物語 (ものがたり): tale, story, legend — Japanese vocabulary

物語 is read ものがたり and means "tale, story, legend". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

物語

Reading
ものがたり · monogatari
Translation
tale, story, legend
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ものがたりが

Example

その物語の初めはおもしろかった。

そのものがたりのはじめはおもしろかった。

The beginning of the story was interesting.

Kanji in this word

  • 物 — thing, object
  • 語 — language, word

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