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JLPT N1
Grade 9

Meanings

nursing
attending
entertainer

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
キャ
ギャ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
とぎ

Common Words

御伽噺
お伽話
お伽噺
とぎばなし
Noun
Freq #13291
1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

Examples
私はお母さんにおとぎ話を読んでもらった。
I had fairy tales read by my mother.
伽藍堂
Noun
Freq #35586
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted

2

Buddhism; Orig. meaning

main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)

Noun
Freq #36266
1

nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

らん
Freq #36328
1

Abbreviation; Common noun; Buddhism

temple (esp. large one); monastery

2

Noun, used as a suffix; Buddhism

temple building

とぎ
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #48159
1

attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse)

2

sleeping with a man (at his bidding)

3

overnight vigil before burial

ゃら
Noun
Freq #52081
1

aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana)

2

aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense

御伽
お伽
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #70426
1

Polite

attending (upon); keeping another company; being a confidant; serving (a nobleman)

2

Abbreviation

fairy tale

いがらん
Noun
Freq #71717
1

large temple edifice; large temple

お伽の国
おとぎの国
とぎのくに
Noun
Freq #73540
1

fairyland; never-never land

まなか
Noun
Freq #79133
1

incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Malacca)

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