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N1 Noun
昔話old tale, folk tale, legend, reminiscence
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Noun
1.
old tale, folk tale, legend
Noun
2.
reminiscence
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昔話 【むかしばなし】
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成人の今は、小さな頃の話はもう昔話である。
Now that I'm an adult, the stories from my childhood are nothing more than old tales. {old tale, folk tale, legend, reminiscence}
多くの昔話が「むかしむかし」から始まります。
Many old tales begin with "Once upon a time". {old tale, folk tale, legend, reminiscence}
「桃太郎」や「舌切り雀」などは、日本の昔話である。
"Momotaro" and "The Tongue-cut Sparrow" are old tales from Japan. {old tale, folk tale, legend, reminiscence}
母の昔話に花が咲こうものなら、その話は長時間続くことになります。
If a flower were to bloom in my mother's old tales, then that story would continue for a long time. {old tale, folk tale, legend, reminiscence}
世代を超えて伝わっている昔話を読み聞かせずじまいで子供が亡くなった。
The child passed away without ever being read the old tales that have been passed down through generations. {old tale, folk tale, legend, reminiscence}
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