tale

物語、お話

実在または想像上の人や出来事についての話。

やさしい英語で： A story about real or imagined people and events.

• Grandma told us a tale.
• The children loved the tale about a talking fox.
• Have you read any fairy tales from Japan?

使い方： a tale of something (She wrote a tale of adventure at sea.)

類義語： story, narrative

よく使う表現： fairy tale, adventure tale, tell a tale, tale of something

噂話、作り話

誰かについての、嘘かもしれない話や、困らせるための話。

やさしい英語で： A story about someone that may be untrue or intended to cause trouble.

• Don’t tell tales about your sister.
• She spread a malicious tale about her neighbor.
• Nobody believed his tale about the stolen money.

使い方： tell tales about someone (He was punished for telling tales about his classmates.)

類義語： lie, rumor, gossip

よく使う表現： tell a tale, malicious tale, tale about someone