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おとぎ話

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はなし > ばなし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
お伽話
御伽話
おとぎ噺
お伽噺
御伽噺
伽話

Etymology

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From () (o-, honorific prefix) + (とぎ) (togi, relieving one of boredom with a story; taking care of one) + (はなし) (hanashi, story, tale). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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おとぎ(ばなし) (otogibanashi

  1. fairy tale

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN