Definitions for "Monogatari"
Keywords:  tale, prose, story, genji, heike
(物語 / ものがたり) - Japanese word meaning a story or tale.
A genre of Japanese prose: tale, story, legend.
Japanese word meaning a story or tale. [ edit] Q - T
Sometimes the fourth section of kabuki dance form. Can been spoken by the actors to a musical accompaniment, or pantomimed whilst the musicians declaim the text.