► 名詞
話 [はなし] meaning: story rank: 1
☆ この映画の話は面白いが、演技が余り良くない ⇨ The story of the movie is interesting, but the actings are not very good
☆ その話は辻褄が合わない ⇨ That story doesn’t add up
☆ 彼はこちらの話には聞く耳を持たない ⇨ He has no ears, won’t listen, to my side of the story
筋 [(1)すじ] meaning: story rank: 2
☆ 話の筋が分からなくなった ⇨ I can’t follow the storyline, the flow of the story
物語 [(3)ものがたり] meaning: story rank: 2
☆ 氷の国に住むお姫様の物語 ⇨ A story of a princess living in a frozen country
粗筋 [あらすじ] meaning: story rank: 3
☆ 話の粗筋 ⇨ The summary, plot, of a story
談 [(1)だん] meaning: story rank: 3
☆ 彼女の体験談を聞いた ⇨ I listened to her talk about her own experience
☆ 成功談と失敗談はどちらも参考になる ⇨ Success stories and failure stories are both informative
童話 [どうわ] meaning: story rank: 3
☆ 彼女は童話作家だ ⇨ She is an author of children’s books (☛ Stories written for children)
民話 [みんわ] meaning: story rank: 3
☆ 古い民話 ⇨ An old folklore
逸話 [いつわ] meaning: story rank: 4
☆ 彼には沢山の興味深い逸話が有る ⇨ There are a lot of interesting anecdotes about him
裏話 [(3)うらばなし] meaning: story rank: 4
☆ 業界の裏話 ⇨ Insider stories of the industry (☛ Literally “back side story”)
後日談 [ごじつだん] meaning: story rank: 4
☆ 事件の後日談 ⇨ An anecdote of the incident revealed later
秘話 [(1)ひわ] meaning: story rank: 4
☆ マッキントッシュ開発の秘話 ⇨ The secret story of the Macintosh development (☛ A not well known anecdote)