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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries語り手
Pronunciation / Transliteration: katarite
"物語の語り手が読者を独特の世界へいざなう。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
"The novel is written from the perspective of an unreliable narrator."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin narrator, from narrare 'to tell'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "narrator" is said worldwide
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narrateur
Transliteration: narrateur
"Le narrateur de cette histoire reste anonyme."
Erzähler
Transliteration: Erzähler
"Der Erzähler führt den Leser durch das Buch."
narratore
Transliteration: narratore
"Il narratore descrive dettagliatamente la scena."
narrador
Transliteration: narrador
"El narrador omnisciente conoce todos los pensamientos de los personajes."
narrador
Transliteration: narrador
"O narrador começa a história com uma lembrança de infância."
कथावाचक
Transliteration: kathavachak
"कहानी के कथावाचक ने एक दिलचस्प रहस्य खोला।"
旁白者
Transliteration: páng bái zhě
"这部电影的旁白者声音非常低沉磁性。"
화자
Transliteration: hwaja
"이 소설의 화자는 독자에게 직접 말을 건다."
語り手
Transliteration: katarite
"物語の語り手が読者を独特の世界へいざなう。"
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