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ウェストサイド物語 (ウェストサイドものがたり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ウェストサイド物語ものがたり

Meanings

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noun

West Side Story

work of art, literature, music, etc.

Refers to the 1957 musical by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, and its adaptations. Used as a proper noun for the work.

ウェストサイド物もの語がたりは、ロミオとジュリエットを現げん代だい風ふうにアレンジしたミュージカルです。
West Side Story is a musical that adapts Romeo and Juliet into a modern setting.

Kanji

物thing, object, matter
語word, speech, language

Etymology

The Japanese title is a direct borrowing of the English title 'West Side Story' with 物語 (ものがたり, 'story') appended.