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
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝka̠ɕiba̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

昔(むかし)話(ばなし) • (mukashibanashi) 

  1. 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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