Mukashibanashi

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昔話 (Mukashibanashi) is a Japanese noun meaning “old tale, folk tale, legend, reminiscence”.

Meanings

  1. nounold tale; folk tale; legend
  2. nounreminiscence

Examples

  • They had a long chat about the old days.

  • I've heard my grandma's stories so often that I'm heartily sick of them.

  • Sarah gets very bored listening to her grandparents rambling on about old times.

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Kanji in 昔話

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