逸いつ話わ

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Meanings

Refers to a short, interesting, or revealing story about a real person or event, often used in biographical or historical contexts.

彼かれの生しょう涯がいには数かず多おおくの逸いつ話わが残のこっている。
Many anecdotes remain from his life.
その逸いつ話わは彼かれの性せい格かくをよく表あらわしている。
That anecdote reveals his character well.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉にまつわる逸いつ話わan anecdote associated with someone
この寺てらには有ゆう名めいな僧そう侶りょにまつわる逸いつ話わが残のこっている。
This temple has an anecdote passed down about a famous monk.
逸いつ話わを語かたるto tell an anecdote
祖そ父ふは若わかい頃ころの逸いつ話わを楽たのしそうに語かたった。
My grandfather happily told anecdotes from his youth.
逸いつ話わが残のこるan anecdote survives/remains (in records or memory)
その武ぶ将しょうには勇ゆう敢かんさを示しめす逸いつ話わがいくつも残のこっている。
Several anecdotes survive that show the general's bravery.
逸いつ話わがあるthere is an anecdote (about someone)
彼かの女じょには面おも白しろい逸いつ話わがたくさんある。
She has a lot of interesting anecdotes about her.

Kanji

逸deviate, idleness, leisure
話tale, talk

Related words· 8

エピソード
エピソード is a loanword often used for any memorable event or episode, while 逸話 specifically denotes a short, revealing anecdote about a real person.
小こ話ばなし
小話 is a brief, often humorous tale meant to entertain, whereas 逸話 carries the sense of a true, noteworthy story about a specific person.
逸いつ事じ
逸事 is a more literary, slightly old-fashioned synonym for 逸話, both referring to a little-known but interesting fact or story about someone.
秘ひ話わ
逸話 is an anecdote or interesting episode about someone, not necessarily secret, whereas 秘話 emphasizes that the story has been hidden from the public.

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外がい伝でん
逸話 is a little-known anecdote about a person, while 外伝 can specifically mean a story about a side character branching off a main work.
挿そう話わ
逸話 usually refers to a factual, little-known anecdote about a person or event, whereas 挿話 can be fictional and is structurally embedded within a larger work.
伝でん説せつN1
逸話 is a short anecdote about a real person, whereas 伝説 is a longer traditional story that may blend fact and myth.
故こ事じN1
逸話 is a lesser-known anecdote about a person, while 故事 is a well-known historical event or legend often carrying a moral lesson.

Don't confuse with

実じつ話わN1
実話 (じつわ) means a true story overall, while 逸話 (いつわ) means a short anecdote about a specific person or event, and the two are easily confused by sound.

Counted with

話わ
counter for stories; counter for episodes

Etymology

Compound of 逸 (escape, deviate, excel) and 話 (talk, story). The kanji 逸 here suggests a story that stands out or has been passed down, fitting the meaning of a notable anecdote.