おとぎ話
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word おとぎ話
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.
Kanji in this Word
話
13 strokes
Frequency: 134
JLPT N4
Grade 2
Meanings
tale
talk
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ワ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
はな.す
はなし
御
12 strokes
Frequency: 1087
JLPT N2
Grade 8
Meanings
honorable
manipulate
govern
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ギョ
ゴ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
おん-
お-
み-
Nanori
— Specialized readings used in names
う
伽
7 strokes
Frequency: 2323
JLPT N1
Grade 9
Meanings
nursing
attending
entertainer
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
カ
ガ
キャ
ギャ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
とぎ
噺
16 strokes
Frequency: 2308
Meanings
talk
(kokuji)
Readings
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
はなし
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