昔話

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昔	話
むかし Grade: 3	はなし > ばなし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 昔(むかし) (mukashi) + 話(はなし) (hanashi). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝka̠ɕiba̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

昔(むかし)話(ばなし) • (mukashibanashi)

folklore; legend, old tale, fairy tale, folktale
ノルウェーの昔話(むかしばなし)
Noruwē no mukashibanashi
Norwegian folktale

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