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叙事詩

じょじし

epic poem

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Examples

  1. 古代の叙事詩を読む。

    こだいのじょじしをよむ。

    I read an ancient epic poem.

  2. この物語は壮大な叙事詩のようだ。

    このものがたりはそうだいなじょじしのようだ。

    This story is like a grand epic.

  3. 叙事詩は英雄の戦いを長く歌い継いできた。

    じょじしはえいゆうのたたかいをながくうたいついできた。

    Epic poetry has passed down the battles of heroes for ages.

Common patterns

壮大な叙事詩
a grand epic
英雄叙事詩
heroic epic
叙事詩的な作品
an epic-scale work

Memory tip

叙 means 'to narrate'. 叙事詩 narrates events (epic); its partner 叙情詩 pours out feeling (lyric). Learn the pair together and the 事 / 情 contrast does the work for you.

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