Word Meaning 講談

こうだん koudan

講談 is read as こうだん (koudan) and means storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

こうだん

Romaji

koudan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 13760 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

講談本

こうだんぼん

book of oral narratives

講談師

こうだんし

professional storyteller

講談社

こうだんしゃ

Kodansha (publisher)

世話講談

せわこうだん

drama about domestic life

講演

こうえん

lecture

講師

こうし

part-time teacher

講和

こうわ

reconciliation (between warring nations)

講堂

こうどう

auditorium

講座

こうざ

academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)

講習

こうしゅう

short course

講ずる

こうずる

to confer

講話

こうわ

lecture