hanashi
★ Common
Noun
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1. professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
1. fairy tale; fairy story
1. ghost story
1. anecdote
2. brief (comic) story
1. story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line
1. musical accompanist (in noh, kabuki, etc.); background instruments
1. performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience; impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects
1. rakugo
1. hanashibon (book of humorous stories and anecdotes; Edo period)