譬え話

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
たと
Hyōgai
はなし > ばなし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
例え話
たとえ話
 たとえ話 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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From (たと) (tatoe, example) + (はなし) (hanashi, narrative). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(たと)(ばなし) (tatoebanashiたとへばなし (tatofebanasi)?

  1. (rhetoric) a parable

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN