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    語り

    語かたり​

    talk

    KMT6News #12+1NounLiteratureKanji Vocab16 strokes

    語

    かたり

    Noun

    1.
    talk, recital
    2.
    narration
    3.
    topic

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    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの語かたりはとても魅み力りょく的てきだ。

    His narration is very captivating.

    KMT5LiteratureMusic & Entertainment
    昔むかし話ばなしの語かたりを聞きくのは楽たのしい。

    It's fun to listen to the narration of old tales.

    KMT6LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの語かたり口くちは、まるで詩しを読よんでいるかのようだった。

    His way of speaking was as if he were reading a poem.

    KMT6LiteratureMusic & Entertainment
    その映えい画がは、複ふく数すうの登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつの語かたりによって物も語のが展たりがて開んかいされる。

    The story of that movie unfolds through the narration of multiple characters.

    KMT7LiteratureMusic & Entertainment
    伝でん統とう的てきな日 本 の語かたり芸げいには、講こう談だんや落らく語ごなどがある。

    Traditional Japanese narrative arts include kōdan and rakugo.

    KMT7LiteratureCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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