N2432/1725

物もの語がたる

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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ものがたる

Meanings

to tell (a story), to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.), to relate, to recount
to tell of, to show, to indicate, to prove, to attest to

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Example sentences

この古ふるい写真しゃしんは彼女かのじょの波乱万丈はらんばんじょうな人生じんせいを物語ものがたっている。

This old photograph tells the story of her tumultuous life.

遺跡いせきの数々かずかずがかつてここに栄さかえた文明ぶんめいを物語ものがたる。

The many ruins attest to the civilization that once flourished here.

彼かれの表情ひょうじょうは言葉ことば以上いじょうに多おおくのことを物語ものがたっていた。

His expression told much more than his words ever could.

この統計とうけいデータは現代げんだい社会しゃかいの格差かくさ問題もんだいを如実にょじつに物語ものがたっている。

This statistical data vividly indicates the inequality issues in modern society.

彼女かのじょが何なにも物語ものがたらなかったため、事件じけんの真相しんそうは依然いぜんとして謎なぞのままだ。

Because she recounted nothing, the truth behind the incident remains a mystery.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)