こん
今
じゃく
昔
ものがたり
物語
しゅう
集

noun

Messages.work.
  1. Konjaku Monogatarishū (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period), Tales of Times Now Past.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こん
今
じゃく
昔
ものがたり
物語
しゅう
集
 今昔物語集 こんじゃくものがたりしゅう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

now
いま　コン　キン (2nd, N5)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ　あつまる
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
fu
once upon a time, antiquity, old times
むかし　セキ　シャク (3rd, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
thing, object, matter
もの　ブツ　モツ (3rd, N4)
cow
うし　ギュウ　ご (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る　カン　ほ.す (6th, N2)
not, must not, do not
モチ　ブツ　ボツ (Kentei Pre-1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
word, speech, language
ゴ　かた.る (2nd, N5)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
I, my, our
われ　わが-　あ- (Kentei Pre-1)
five
ゴ　い　いつ (1st, N5)
gather, meet, congregate
シュウ　あつ.まる　つど.う (3rd, N4)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ　スイ　とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)