おとぎ話
おとぎばなし
Also written お伽噺, お伽話, 御伽噺
Meanings
- Noun fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
Kanji
- 話 talk. Read as はなし.
Example sentences
- 子供の頃、母はよく私におとぎ話を読んで聞かせてくれた。
When I was a child, my mother would often read fairy tales to me. - その作家がそのおとぎ話を私達の母語に翻訳した。
That author translated those fairy tales into our language. - おとぎ話が終わるか終わらないかのうちに子供が寝てしまった。
Just as the fairy tale finished, the child had already fallen asleep.