物語

See also: 物语

Chinese

		thing; object; matter	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (物語)		物	語
simp. (物语)		物	语

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 物(もの)語(がたり) (monogatari).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wùyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ jyu⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bu̍t-gú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wùyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wùyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wu⁴-yü³
  - Yale: wù-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhyeu
  - Palladius: уюй (ujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: maht yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² jyː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-gú
  - Tâi-lô: bu̍t-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: budguo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² ɡu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁴¹/

Noun

物語

monogatari
(in Japanese contexts) tale; story; legend

Synonyms

(tale): 故事 (gùshi), 情節／情节 (qíngjié); (Cantonese) 古仔; (Jin) 瞎話／瞎话

Derived terms

平家物語／平家物语
源氏物語／源氏物语 (Yuánshì Wùyǔ)
竹取物語／竹取物语 (Zhúqǔ Wùyǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	語
もの Grade: 3	かた(り) > がた(り) Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ものがたり [mònógáꜜtàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [mo̞no̞ɡa̠ta̠ɾʲi]

Noun

物(もの)語(がたり) • (monogatari)

a tale; a story
源(げん)氏(じ)物(もの)語(がたり)
Genji Monogatari
The Tale of Genji

指(ゆび)輪(わ)物(もの)語(がたり)
Yubiwa Monogatari
The Tale of the Rings

パイの物(もの)語(がたり)
Pai no Monogatari
Story of Pi
- 1998 December 18 [1977 August 15], Fyodor Dostoyevsky with Tezuka, Osamu, 罪と罰 [Crime and Punishment], 10th edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 8:
  
  この物(もの)語(がたり)は革(かく)命(めい)前(ぜん)夜(や)の帝(てい)政(せい)ロシアにおいて退(たい)廃(はん)と貧(ひん)困(こん)にあけくれたぺテルブルグの町(まち)に起(お)こった……
  Kono monogatari wa kakumei zen'ya no teisei Roshia ni oite taihan to hinkon ni akekureta Peteruburugu no machi ni okotta……
  This story takes place on the eve of a revolution, in the town of Petersburg where there is but decadence and poverty under the rule of the Russian monarchy…

Usage notes

Refers especially to a fictional or fictionalized narrative, the Japanese equivalent of the Western epic or saga, although not in poetical form and of much shorter length.

Coordinate terms

逸(いつ)話(わ) (itsuwa): anecdotes
お話(はなし) (o-hanashi): talking story
寓(ぐう)話(わ) (gūwa): allegory
自(じ)伝(でん) (jiden): autobiography
神(しん)話(わ) (shinwa): myth
説(せつ)話(わ) (setsuwa): narrative
伝(でん)説(せつ) (densetsu): legend
童(どう)話(わ) (dōwa): fairytale
法(ほう)話(わ) (hōwa): Buddhist sermon
民(みん)話(わ) (minwa): folklore
対(たい)話(わ) (taiwa): dialogue
会(かい)話(わ) (kaiwa): conversation
談(だん)話(わ) (danwa): discourse
夢(ゆめ)物(もの)語(がたり) (yumemonogatari): pipe dream
昔(むかし)話(ばなし) (mukashibanashi): old tale
古(こ)話(せつ) (kosetsu): ancient belief
伝(でん)承(しょう) (denshō): lore
小(しょう)説(せつ) (shōsetsu): novel
作(つくり)話(ばなし) (tsukuribanashi): fiction
古(こ)伝(でん) (koden): old legend
譬(たとえ)話(ばなし) (tatoebanashi): parable
伽(とぎ)話(ばなし) (togibanashi): nursery tale

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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