Word Meaning おとぎ話

おとぎばなし otogibanashi

おとぎ話 is read as おとぎばなし (otogibanashi) and means fairy tale.

Meaning

English

  1. fairy tale
  2. fairy story
  3. nursery tale

Reading

Kana

おとぎばなし

Romaji

otogibanashi

Writing Variants

  • お伽噺 おとぎばなし otogibanashi
  • お伽話 おとぎばなし otogibanashi
  • 御伽噺 おとぎばなし otogibanashi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 116309 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お話

おはなし

story

お化け話

おばけばなし

ghost story

お化けの話

おばけのはなし

spooky tale

お話し中

おはなしちゅう

busy (phone)

はなし

circumstances

電話

でんわ

telephone (device)

小話

こばなし

anecdote

長話

ながばなし

long talk

お世話様

おせわさま

thanks for taking care of me

対話

たいわ

dialogue

会話

かいわ

conversation

Example Sentences

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She likes fairy tales.

She likes fairy tales.

The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue.

When I was a child, my mother would often read fairy tales to me.

Just as the fairy tale finished, the child had already fallen asleep.