叙事詩

じょじし

Meanings

1. Noun epic (poem); epic poetry

Kanji

• 叙 narrate. Read as ジョ.
• 事 matter
• 詩 poem. Read as シ.

Example sentences

• 私は叙事詩よりも叙情詩の方が好きだ。
  I like lyric better than epic.

Words containing 叙事詩

• ギルガメシュ叙事詩 (ギルガメシュじょじし) Epic of Gilgamesh
• 伝承叙事詩 (でんしょうじょじし) oral epic

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