uta monogatari
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 歌物語 (uta monogatari, “poem-tale”).
Noun[edit]
uta monogatari (countable and uncountable, plural uta monogatari)
- A Japanese literary genre that originated in the Heian period. A subgenre of tale-literature, it includes works that combine poetry (waka) with fictional prose narrative.