Illustration: In a community center tatami room, an older storyteller holds open a large picture book toward a semicircle of children. Its wordless illustration shows a tiny boy standing in a rice bowl boat, holding a needle like a sword while towering reeds surround him.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

昔むかし話ばなし

mukashibanashi

folktale, old tale

Example sentences

  1. 日本各地にっぽんかくちに様々さまざまな言いい伝つたえや民話みんわ・昔話むかしばなしなどが伝つたわっている。

    Various legends, folktales and old stories are passed down in various regions in Japan.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. その後ごは良よく知しられた昔話むかしばなしとして様々さまざまな媒体ばいたいで流通りゅうつうすることになる。

    Following this, the story came to be widely known in Japan through various media as a traditional tale.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 日本各所にっぽんかくしょの昔話むかしばなしや伝説でんせつに登場とうじょうする。

    It appears in old tales and legend everywhere in Japan.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 昔話

  • 昔once upon a time; antiquityOnセキ・シャクKunむかし
  • 話tale; talkOnワKunはなす・はなし

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