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譚: tale

tale; story
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A suffix for story genres: 英雄譚 (heroic tale), 奇譚 (strange tale). Voiced to だん after 日 in 後日譚 (ごじつだん).

Key words

英雄譚えいゆうたんheroic tale
後日譚ごじつだんepilogue story; sequel
奇譚きたんstrange tale
前日譚ぜんじつたんprequel story
譚たんtale

Example sentences

Many old heroic tales survive in this country.

The story that follows the main work was published as a short novel.

I wrote down in my notebook the strange tale I heard on my trip.

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