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English Meanings:
noun
- allegory
クライムストーリー
kuraimusutoorii
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
クライム・ストーリー
kuraimu sutoorii
English Meanings:
noun
- crime story
English Meanings:
noun
- tale; short story
- sketch comedy; skit
ショートストーリー
shootosutoorii
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
ショート・ストーリー
shooto sutoorii
English Meanings:
noun
- short story
プロット
purotto
noun, suru verb
English Meanings:
noun
- plot (of a story)
noun, suru verb
- plotting (a graph)
English Meanings:
noun
- mystery
筋
[すじ]
suji
noun, noun, used as a suffix, no adjective, suffix, counter
Alternate Written Forms:
English Meanings:
noun
- muscle; tendon; sinew
- vein; artery
- fiber; fibre; string
- line; stripe; streak
- reason; logic
- plot; storyline
- lineage; descent
- school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
- aptitude; talent
- source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
- well-informed person (in a transaction)
- logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- ninth vertical line
- seam on a helmet
- gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
- social position; status
noun, used as a suffix, noun, no adjective
- on (a river, road, etc.); along
suffix, counter
- counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
- (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
筋書き
[すじがき]
sujigaki
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
筋書
[すじがき]
sujigaki
English Meanings:
noun
- synopsis; outline; plot
寓話
[ぐうわ]
guuwa
noun, no adjective
English Meanings:
noun, no adjective
- fable; allegory
言い伝える
[いいつたえる]
iitsutaeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
Alternate Written Forms:
言伝える
[いいつたえる]
iitsutaeru
English Meanings:
ichidan verb, transitive verb
- to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation)
- to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate
- to send word; to pass on (a message)
言伝
[ことづて]
kotodute
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
言伝て
[ことづて]
kotodute
言づて
[ことづて]
kotodute
English Meanings:
noun
- (oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
古伝
[こでん]
koden
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- legend; tradition
故事
[こじ]
koji
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
古事
[こじ]
koji
English Meanings:
noun
- historical event; ancient event
- tradition; folklore; legend; origin
構想
[こうそう]
kousou
noun, suru verb
English Meanings:
noun, suru verb
- plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
仕組む
[しくむ]
shikumu
godan verb, transitive verb
English Meanings:
godan verb, transitive verb
- to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
小話
[こばなし]
kobanashi
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
小咄
[こばなし]
kobanashi
小噺
[こばなし]
kobanashi
小話
[しょうわ]
shouwa
English Meanings:
noun
- anecdote
- brief (comic) story
神話
[しんわ]
shinwa
noun, no adjective
English Meanings:
noun, no adjective
- myth; legend
昔話
[むかしばなし]
mukashibanashi
noun
English Meanings:
noun
- old tale; folk tale; legend
- reminiscence
Alternate Written Forms:
粗筋
[あらすじ]
arasuji
荒筋
[あらすじ]
arasuji
あら筋
[あらすじ]
arasuji
English Meanings:
noun
- outline; summary; argument
短編小説
[たんぺんしょうせつ]
tanpenshousetsu
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
短篇小説
[たんぺんしょうせつ]
tanpenshousetsu
English Meanings:
noun
- short story; novella