物語

See also: 物语

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (物語)		物	語
simp. (物语)		物	语

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 物(もの)語(がたり) (monogatari).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ jyu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bu̍t-gú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-yü³
    • Yale: wù-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhyeu
    • Palladius: уюй (ujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: maht yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² jyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-gú
    • Tâi-lô: bu̍t-gú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: budguo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² ɡu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁴¹/

Noun

物語

1. monogatari
2. (in Japanese contexts) tale; story; legend

Synonyms

• (tale): 故事 (gùshi), 情節／情节 (qíngjié); (Cantonese) 古仔; (Jin) 瞎話／瞎话

Derived terms

• 平家物語／平家物语
• 源氏物語／源氏物语 (Yuánshì Wùyǔ)
• 竹取物語／竹取物语 (Zhúqǔ Wùyǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	語
もの Grade: 3	かた(り) > がた(り) Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ものがたり [mònógáꜜtàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾʲi]

Noun

物(もの)語(がたり) • (monogatari) 

1. a tale; a story

   源(げん)氏(じ)物(もの)語(がたり)

   Genji Monogatari

   The Tale of Genji

   指(ゆび)輪(わ)物(もの)語(がたり)

   Yubiwa Monogatari

   The Tale of the Rings

   パイの物(もの)語(がたり)

   Pai no Monogatari

   Story of Pi

   • 1998 December 18 [1977 August 15], Fyodor Dostoyevsky with Tezuka, Osamu, 罪と罰 [Crime and Punishment], 10th edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 8:

     この物(もの)語(がたり)は革(かく)命(めい)前(ぜん)夜(や)の帝(てい)政(せい)ロシアにおいて退(たい)廃(はん)と貧(ひん)困(こん)にあけくれたぺテルブルグの町(まち)に起(お)こった……

     Kono monogatari wa kakumei zen'ya no teisei Roshia ni oite taihan to hinkon ni akekureta Peteruburugu no machi ni okotta……

     This story takes place on the eve of a revolution, in the town of Petersburg where there is but decadence and poverty under the rule of the Russian monarchy…

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

• 逸(いつ)話(わ) (itsuwa): anecdotes
• お話(はなし) (o-hanashi): talking story
• 寓(ぐう)話(わ) (gūwa): allegory
• 自(じ)伝(でん) (jiden): autobiography
• 神(しん)話(わ) (shinwa): myth
• 説(せつ)話(わ) (setsuwa): narrative
• 伝(でん)説(せつ) (densetsu): legend
• 童(どう)話(わ) (dōwa): fairytale
• 法(ほう)話(わ) (hōwa): Buddhist sermon
• 民(みん)話(わ) (minwa): folklore
• 対(たい)話(わ) (taiwa): dialogue
• 会(かい)話(わ) (kaiwa): conversation
• 談(だん)話(わ) (danwa): discourse
• 夢(ゆめ)物(もの)語(がたり) (yumemonogatari): pipe dream
• 昔(むかし)話(ばなし) (mukashibanashi): old tale
• 古(こ)話(せつ) (kosetsu): ancient belief
• 伝(でん)承(しょう) (denshō): lore
• 小(しょう)説(せつ) (shōsetsu): novel
• 作(つくり)話(ばなし) (tsukuribanashi): fiction
• 古(こ)伝(でん) (koden): old legend
• 譬(たとえ)話(ばなし) (tatoebanashi): parable
• 伽(とぎ)話(ばなし) (togibanashi): nursery tale

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.