noun🔗Share寓話, おとぎ話A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables."The teacher read a fable about a tortoise and a hare to teach the children the importance of perseverance. "先生は、子供たちに忍耐の大切さを教えるために、カメとウサギの寓話を読みました。storyliteraturemoralanimalentertainmentcharacterwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share寓話, 作り話, 物語Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk."The exciting news of the school talent show became a fable among the students, with each telling adding more and more exaggerated details. "学校の才能発表会の興奮するニュースは、生徒たちの間で作り話となり、それぞれの話がますます誇張された詳細を付け加えていった。storyliteratureentertainmentmythologymoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareフィクション、虚偽、嘘Fiction; untruth; falsehood."The story about the student finishing all his homework early was a complete fable; he never even opened his books. "生徒が宿題を早く終わらせたという話は全くの嘘だった。彼は一度も本を開いていない。storyliteraturemythologymoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share筋, 物語The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem."The teacher explained how the Iliad's fable centers on the Trojan War and the wrath of Achilles. "先生は、イリアスの物語がトロイア戦争とアキレウスの怒りにどのように焦点を当てているかを説明しました。storyliteraturemythologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share寓話を作る, 作り話をする, 嘘をつくTo compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true."Knowing he was late and hadn't finished his homework, the student began to fable an elaborate story about a sick grandmother and a flat tire. "遅刻して宿題を終えていないことを知り、生徒は病気の祖母とパンクしたタイヤについて、手の込んだ作り話を始めた。storywritingliteraturelanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share作り話をする, でっちあげるTo make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable."He tried to fable a story about being sick to avoid the test, but the teacher saw through his lie. "彼は試験を避けるために病気の作り話をしようとしたが、先生は彼の嘘を見抜いた。storylanguageliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
