話: talk
話 hanashi
talk; story
JLPT N5Thinking & talking
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
稗田阿礼という人が覚えていた話を、書き留めたといわれています。
It is said that he wrote down the stories that a person named Hieda no Are had memorized.
From the lesson 古事記と天地のはじまり
The Kojiki begins with the story of the time when heaven and earth first came into being.
From the lesson 古事記と天地のはじまり
From the lesson 神々の誕生とイザナミの死
ウケイとは、先に結果を決めておいて、そのとおりになるかどうかで、神の心などを知る方法で、この話では、神々を生んで決めます。
An ukei is a way of deciding an outcome in advance and learning the will of the gods, or the like, by whether it comes true; in this story, they decide by giving birth to gods.
From the lesson 誓約とスサノオのあばれ
しめ縄と、神楽という神にささげるおどりは、この話から始まったといわれています。
It is said that the sacred rope and kagura, the dances offered to the gods, began with this story.
From the lesson 天岩戸