| Word/Phrase |
Reading |
Meaning |
|
話
話し
咄
噺
|
はなし
|
talk
speech
chat
|
|
おとぎ話
御伽噺
お伽話
お伽噺
御伽話
おとぎ噺
|
おとぎばなし
|
fairy-tale
nursery-tale
|
|
仕方話
仕方噺
仕形噺
|
しかたばなし
|
talking with gestures
|
|
噺家
咄家
|
はなしか
|
professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
|
|
人情話
人情噺
人情咄
|
にんじょうばなし
|
story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo)
emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line
|
|
辻噺
|
つじばなし
|
stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money
|
|
三題噺
三題咄
|
さんだいばなし
|
performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience
impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects
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