tale meaning in 日本語 | English Dictionary

📖 定義

noun
物語; 噂話; 嘘; 集計; 告げ口; 長広舌

EN: A narrative or story, especially one that is imaginative, fictional, or traditional, often passed down through oral tradition or written literature.; A report or account of events or experiences, often involving gossip, rumor, or scandal; a piece of idle talk or malicious gossip.; A lie or falsehood; a deliberately untrue statement told to deceive.; A count or number; a reckoning or tally of items.; A malicious report or complaint made about someone, especially to an authority figure; an act of informing on someone.; A long or elaborate narrative, often one that is tedious or exaggerated; a tall tale.

可算複数形: tales

fairy taletall talefolk taletale of woetell a taleold wives' tale

talebearertelltalestoryteller

storynarrativeaccountyarnfableanecdote

tail

EN: 'tail' refers to the rear appendage of an animal or the back end of something; 'tale' is a story or narrative.

ja: 'tail' は動物の尾または何かの後部を指します；'tale' は物語や叙事詩です。

tell

EN: 'tell' is a verb meaning to communicate information; 'tale' is a noun meaning a story.

ja: 'tell' は情報を伝えるという意味の動詞です；'tale' は物語という意味の名詞です。

EN: Do not confuse 'tale' (a story) with 'tail' (the rear part of an animal). They are homophones but have entirely different meanings.

ja: 'tale'（物語）と 'tail'（動物の後部）を混同しないでください。これらは同音異義語ですが、意味は全く異なります。

She told her children a fairy tale before bed every night.

彼女は毎晩寝る前に子供たちにおとぎ話を聞かせた。
He spread tales about his neighbors to anyone who would listen.

彼は近所の人の噂を、聞く人誰彼かまわず言いふらした。
The boy was caught telling tales to his parents about where he had been.

その少年は、どこに行っていたかについて親に嘘をついているのが見つかってしまった。
The tale of the sheep in the flock came to exactly one hundred.

羊の群れの数はちょうど百頭だった。
The younger child ran to his mother to tell tales on his brother.

下の子が母親のところへ走って行って、兄の告げ口をした。
He regaled us with a long tale of his adventures in the mountains.

彼は山での冒険について長い話を聞かせてくれた。