譚たん

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Used as a suffix attached to a noun to form a compound meaning 'story of ...' or 'tale of ...', as in 英雄譚 (heroic tale). Also used as a standalone noun in literary contexts.

See also: 英雄譚 (えいゆうたん)

この小しょう説せつは、ある探たん検けん家かの冒ぼう険けん譚たんだ。
This novel is the adventure tale of an explorer.
彼かれは古こ代だいの英えい雄ゆう譚たんを集あつめて本ほんにした。
He collected ancient heroic tales and made them into a book.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉譚たんa tale/story of ~ (attached to a noun to name a genre of story)
彼かれは若わかい頃ころの冒ぼう険けん譚たんをよく語かたった。
He often told tales of his adventures from his youth.

Kanji

譚talk

Related words

物もの語がたりN3
物語 is the everyday, general word for 'story' or 'tale', while 譚 is a literary suffix/noun used mainly in compounds to name a specific genre of story.
説せつ話わ
説話 refers to traditional legends or folk tales as a scholarly/literary category, whereas 譚 is a suffix attached to a noun to label the kind of tale, as in 英雄譚.

Don't confuse with

談だん
譚 (たん) means 'tale/story' and appears as a suffix like 英雄譚, while 談 (だん) means 'talk/discussion' as in 相談; the two kanji look similar (both contain 言) but are unrelated in meaning and pronunciation.

Word family· 12

古こ譚たん
old tale; ancient story
奇き譚たん
mysterious story; strange tale
民みん譚だん
folk tale; folklore
綺き譚たん
beautiful story; elegant tale
譚たん歌か
ballad

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譚たん詩し
ballade
前ぜん日じつ譚たん
prequel · retrospective; looking back
変へん身しん譚たん
story of metamorphosis; transformation tale
後ご日じつ譚たん
sequel; later development; follow-up story
本ほん生じょう譚たん
Jataka tales; stories of Buddha's previous lives

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Written forms

譚たんUsage37%
Standard kanji spelling for this suffix/noun meaning 'story' or 'tale'.
たんUsage63%

Etymology

The kanji 譚 is used for its meaning 'story' or 'tale'. The reading たん is the on'yomi. The exact historical derivation of this suffix usage is uncertain, but it is conventionally associated with literary or narrative contexts.