Word details

昔話

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 昔話.

Dictionary

Entry

昔話かしばなしNounFreq #10072
1

old tale; folk tale; legend

Examples
久しぶりに会ったんだから、酒でも飲みながら、昔話にでも花を咲かせるとするか。
It's been so long since we last met up. Let's have a drink or two and talk about the good old days.
2

reminiscence

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

once upon a time, antiquity, old times

8 strokesFrequency 1,197JLPT N2Grade 3

On

セキシャク

Kun

むかし

tale, talk

13 strokesFrequency 134JLPT N4Grade 2

On

Kun

はな.すはなし

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