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kataribe

kataribe noun: a Japanese storyteller or narrator.

Noun

kataribe (plural kataribe)

  1. A Japanese storyteller or narrator
    • The only reason we know about the people described by Southard is that all of them overcame their deep embarrassment and “came out,” as it were, as kataribe, or “storytellers” about the atom bomb, reminding people of the horrors of nuclear war by speaking in public, at schools, conferences and...2015 July 28, Ian Buruma, “‘Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War,’ by Susan Southard”, in New York Times

Forms of kataribe

pluralkataribe

Origin of kataribe

Borrowed from Japanese 語(かた)り部(べ) (kataribe).

Questions about kataribe

What does kataribe mean?
Kataribe means a Japanese storyteller or narrator.
What part of speech is kataribe?
Kataribe is a noun.
What is the plural of kataribe?
The plural of kataribe is kataribe.

Words near kataribe in the dictionary

  1. kataplexy
  2. kataptron
  3. katar
  4. katara
  5. kataras
  6. kataribe
  7. katarimono
  8. katars
  9. katas
  10. katashiro
  11. katastases

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