童話 (どうわ, douwa) Japanese meaning: children's story | Kotomoraくれ
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When I was a child, my mother read me a children's story every night.
This fairy tale is based on a famous Grimm's fairy tale.
Usage patterns
童話を読むto read a fairy tale / children's story
I like reading a children's story before bed.
〈人〉に童話を読んで聞かせるto read a fairy tale aloud to someone
The mother read a fairy tale aloud to her child.
童話の世界the world of fairy tales
This garden looks like something out of a fairy tale.
童話を書くto write a children's story
She says she wants to write children's stories in the future.