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."My teacher often reads us fables with animal characters to teach us important lessons about kindness and honesty. "先生は、私たちに優しさや誠実さについて重要な教訓を教えるために、動物のキャラクターが登場する寓話をよく読んでくれます。storyliteratureculturemoralcharacterentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share寓話, 作り話Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk."The children were exchanging fables about the haunted house on the corner, each story more imaginative than the last. "子供たちは角にあるお化け屋敷についての作り話を交換し、それぞれの話が前の話よりも想像力に富んでいました。storyliteraturemythologyentertainmentmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareフィクション、虚偽、嘘Fiction; untruth; falsehood."The politician's promises turned out to be fables, as none of them came true. "政治家の約束は嘘であることが判明し、どれも実現しなかった。storyliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Shareプロット, 物語The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem."The fables of Homer's "Odyssey" tell of a hero's long journey home and his encounters with mythical creatures. "ホメロスの「オデュッセイア」の物語は、英雄の長い帰郷の旅と、神話上の生き物との出会いを語っています。storyliteraturemythologymoralentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share寓話を作る, 嘘をつくTo compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true."The politician would often fable about his humble beginnings, painting a picture of hardship that never truly existed. "その政治家は、実際には存在しなかった苦難の姿を描きながら、自分のつつましい生い立ちについてよく嘘をついた。storyliteraturelanguagewritingcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share作り話をする, 虚構を語る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 fables stories about his adventures to impress his friends, even though they're mostly made up. "彼は友達を感心させるために自分の冒険について作り話をするが、それらはほとんどが作り話だ。storylanguageliteraturewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
