uta monogatari

English

Etymology

From Japanese 歌物語 (uta monogatari, “poem-tale”).

Noun

uta monogatari (countable and uncountable, plural uta monogatari)

  1. A Japanese literary genre that originated in the Heian period. A subgenre of tale-literature, it includes works that combine poetry (waka) with fictional prose narrative.

Japanese

Romanization

uta monogatari

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うたものがたり
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