Word Meaning 歌物語

うたものがたり utamonogatari

歌物語 is read as うたものがたり (utamonogatari) and means collection of short Heian-period tales in the form of poems.

Meaning

English

collection of short Heian-period tales in the form of poems

Reading

Kana

うたものがたり

Romaji

utamonogatari

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 115089 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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歌語

かご

word mainly used in tanka

物語

ものがたり

story

平家物語

へいけものがたり

The Tale of the Heike

夢物語

ゆめものがたり

account of a dream

源氏物語

げんじものがたり

The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)

無生物主語

むせいぶつしゅご

inanimate subject

素物語

すものがたり

chat without food or drink

軍記物語

ぐんきものがたり

war chronicle

伊勢物語

いせものがたり

Tales of Ise

物語る

ものがたる

to tell (a story)

語り物

かたりもの

a narrative

物名歌

ぶつめいか

acrostic poem in which consecutive morae form the disguised name of an animal, plant, place, etc.