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恋物語 (koimonogatari) Japanese meaning: love story | Kotomora

恋こい物もの語がたり

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Meanings

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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

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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

Related words

ラブストーリー
恋物語 is a more traditional, literary way to say love story, whereas ラブストーリー is the modern loanword used casually for books, films, or dramas.

Built from

恋こい+物もの語がたり

Etymology

A compound of 恋 “romantic love” and 物語 “story, tale.”