(n,vs,adj-no) tale
story
legend
(P)
(n) illustrated story
(n) pillow talk
conversation in bed
(v5r,vt) to tell
to indicate
(P)
(n) account of a dream
empty dream
fantastic story
(n) love story
(n) frame story
frame narrative
frame tale
(n) war chronicle
(n) the Tale of the Genji
(n) (abbr) Konjaku Monogatarishuu (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period)
(n) success story
(n) Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
(n) tragic love story
tale of tragic love
(n) Tale of the Heike
(n) historical tale
(n) Thebais
(n) Aesop's Fables (published initially by the Jesuits in 1593)
(n) mystery story
(n) romance (e.g. the Arthurian romances)
(n) Konjaku Monogatarishuu (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period)
(n) Aesop's Fables
(n) One Thousand and One Nights (collection of Arabic stories)
(n) Arthurian romances