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    語り手

    語かたり​手て

    narrator

    KMT9News #36+1Ref L2NounLiteratureKanji Vocab20 strokes

    かたりて

    Noun

    1.
    narrator, storyteller, reciter

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    その物ものが語たりの語かたり手ては誰だれですか。

    Who is the narrator of that story?

    KMT7Literature
    彼かれは素す晴ばらしい語かたり手てで、いつも面おも白しろい話はなしをしてくれる。

    He is a wonderful storyteller and always tells interesting stories.

    KMT9LiteratureDaily Life
    伝でん統とう芸げい能のうの講こう談だんでは、語かたり手ての巧たくみな話わ術じゅつが観かん客きゃくを魅み了りょうする。

    In the traditional performing art of kōdan, the storyteller's skillful narrative art fascinates the audience.

    KMT9LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    語かたり手ては、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつの感かん情じょうを細こまやかに表ひょう現げんする能のう力りょくが求もとめられる。

    A narrator is required to have the ability to delicately express the characters' emotions.

    KMT9LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    この小しょう説せつでは、語かたり手ての視し点てんが変かわることで物ものが語たりに深ふかみが増ましている。

    In this novel, the story gains depth by changing the narrator's perspective.

    KMT10Literature

    Characters that make up this word

    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
    Kanji
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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