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童話

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

童話 — “fairy tale, children's story”

童話 (read どうわ) means fairy tale, children's story. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a noun.

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どうわ

Meaning

fairy tale, children's story

童話 in a sentence

童話どうわを読み聞かせるよみきかせる。

To read a fairy tale aloud.

The kanji in 童話

童child
話speech; story

Words that share a kanji with 童話

児童じどう— children, juveniles (school-age)
電話でんわ— a telephone
話はなし— talk (chat), story
話すはなす— to speak
世話するせわする— to take care of, to look after
会話かいわ— conversation
話し合うはなしあう— to discuss, to talk over together
話題わだい— topic, subject of conversation

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