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物語
简 物语 · 繁 物語Mandarin · pinyin wù yǔ
Meanings
- monogatari
- epic narrative (Japanese literary form)
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4–3 · wu4 yu3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mat6 jyu5
Cantonese word readings for 物語. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- monogatari
- (in Japanese contexts) tale; story; legend
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