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恋物語 (こいものがたり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

恋こい物もの語がたり

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Meanings

1

noun

love story; romance tale

A story centered on romantic love; can refer to novels, films, or personal anecdotes.

彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんの恋こい物もの語がたりを小しょう説せつに書かいた。
She wrote her own love story into a novel.
この映えい画がは感かん動どう

的てき

な

恋こい

物もの

語がたり

です

。

This movie is a touching love story.

Kanji

恋romance, in love, yearn for
物thing, object, matter
語word, speech, language

Similar words

恋れん愛あい小しょう説せつ
恋愛小説 specifically means 'romance novel' as a literary genre, while 恋物語 is a broader term for any love story, including films, plays, or personal tales.

Etymology

Compound of 恋 (koi, 'love') and 物語 (monogatari, 'story, tale'). The reading ものがたり becomes voiced to ものがたり as a standard rendaku phenomenon.