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    3. 講談

    講談

    講こう談だん

    storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery

    KMT7News #16+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab32 strokes

    こうだん

    Noun

    1.
    storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery, story

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    講こう談だんを聞ききに行いった。

    I went to listen to kōdan storytelling.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    講こう談だん師しが歴れき史し上じょうの物ものが語たりを語かたった。

    The kōdanshi (storyteller) narrated a historical tale.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistory
    講こう談だんは、江え戸ど時じ代だいから続つづく日 本 の伝でん統と芸うげ能いの一うのひとつだ。

    Kōdan is one of Japan's traditional performing arts that has continued since the Edo period.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistory
    講こう談だんの魅み力りょくは、語かたり手ての巧たくみな話わ術じゅつと臨りん場じょう感かんあふれる表ひょう現げんにある。

    The charm of kōdan lies in the storyteller's skillful narrative and vivid expressions.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment
    多おおくの講こう談だんは、武ぶ士しの活 躍 や戦せん国ごくの世よを描えがいている。

    Many kōdan stories depict the exploits of samurai and the Sengoku period.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    講
    lecture・club・association
    談
    discuss・talk
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