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    3. 挿話

    挿話

    挿そう話わ

    episode

    KMT10News #37+1Ref L2NounLiteratureKanji Vocab23 strokes

    そうわ

    Noun

    1.
    episode, side story, story within a story, aside, anecdote

    Stroke 0 / 23

    Speed1.0x

    その小しょう説せつには面おも白しろい挿そう話わがたくさんある。

    That novel has many interesting episodes.

    KMT8Literature
    彼かれの講こう演えんは、時とき折おりユーモラスな挿そう話わを交まじえて進すすめられた。

    His lecture proceeded, occasionally interspersed with humorous anecdotes.

    KMT10LiteratureDaily Life
    本ほん筋すじとは関かん係けいない挿そう話わが、物ものが語たりに深ふかみを与あたえることもある。

    Episodes unrelated to the main plot can sometimes add depth to the story.

    KMT10LiteratureArt & Design
    シェイクスピアの劇げきには、しばしば歴れき史し的てきな挿そう話わが盛もり込こまれている。

    Shakespeare's plays often incorporate historical episodes.

    KMT10LiteratureHistory
    この映えい画がは、複ふく数すうの挿そう話わが複ふく雑ざつに絡からみ合あって一ひとつのテーマを表ひょう現げんしている。

    This film expresses a single theme through multiple intricately intertwined episodes.

    KMT10LiteratureMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    挿
    さ.す・はさ.む…(1)
    insert・put in・graft・wear (sword)
    話
    はな.す・はなし…(1)
    tale・talk
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