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昔話むかしばなし (mukashibanashi)

legend; old tale

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Meaning

昔話 (むかしばなし, mukashibanashi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “legend; old tale”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

子供こどもに昔話むかしばなしを読よんで聞きかせた

I read the fairy tale aloud to the child.

この昔話は難しいです。

This old tale is difficult.

今ではそれも昔話となった.

That is now all in the past.

彼かれらはながながと昔話むかしばなしをした。

They had a long chat about the old days.

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