Folktale

"Folktale" in Japanese

昔話

mukashibanashi

(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)

民話

minwa

(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)

民間説話

minkan setsuwa

(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)

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