| 主な訳語 |
story,
plural: stories n | (fictional tale) | 物語 、 お話 名
HHiraganaものがたり 、 おはなし |
| | That author writes wonderful stories. |
| | その作家は素晴らしい物語を書く。 |
story,
plural: stories n | (narrative account) | 話 名
HHiraganaはなし |
| | Granny, tell us the story of how you met Grandpa. |
| | おばあちゃん、おじいちゃんと出会ったときの話をしてよ。 |
story,
plural: stories n | (version of events) | 話 、 言い分 、 陳述 名
HHiraganaはなし 、 いいぶん 、 ちんじゅつ |
| | Her story is different from mine. |
| | 彼女の話（or: 言い分、陳述）は、私のものとは異なっている。 |
| story n | (plot) (プロット) | 筋書き 、 展開 名
HHiraganaすじがき 、 てんかい |
| | This book has a great story. |
| | この本にはダイナミックな筋書き（or: 展開）がある。 |
story,
plural: stories n | informal (lie) | 作り話 名
HHiraganaつくりばなし |
| | The mischievous children told their parents a story. |
| | いたずら好きの子供たちが、親に作り話をした。 |
story,
plural: stories (US),
storey,
plural: storeys (UK) n | (floor, level of a building) (建物) | 階 名
HHiraganaかい |
| | This building has five stories. |
| | この建物は、5階建てだ。 |
story,
plural: stories (US),
storey,
plural: storeys (UK) n | (layer, tier) | 層 名
HHiraganaそう |
| | Their wedding cake had five stories. |
| | 彼らのウェディングケーキは5層になっていた。 |
story,
plural: stories n | (journalism: article) | 記事 名
HHiraganaきじ |
| | Jillian is hoping for a big story. |
| | ジリアンは特ダネ記事が書けるのではないかと期待してる。 |
-story (US),
-storey (UK) n as adj | as suffix (storied: with a given number of floors) | ～階建ての 連体句
HHiragana～かいだての |
| 注釈: Used in combination with a number. |
| | Locals objected to the proposed construction of a 20-storey building in the city centre. |
| | 地域住民は、20階建てのビルを町の中心部に建てる計画に反対した。 |
成句・複合語：
story | storied |
| adventure story n | (fiction with exciting plot) | 冒険物語、冒険小説 名
HHiraganaぼうけんものがたり、ぼうけんしょうせつ |
| | When I was a child I wanted to be a pirate like the ones I read about in adventure stories. |
| as the story goes expr | (as has been said) | 予想通りに 副
HHiraganaよそうどおりに |
| | As the story goes, Hector was out of town when the bank was robbed. |
backstory,
back story n | (fiction: character's background) (物語) | 背景、逸話 名
HHiraganaはいけい、いつわ |
| | The movie does not reveal the hero's tragic backstory until the final scene. |
| bedtime story n | (story read to a child before sleep) | 寝る前のお話 名
HHiraganaねるまえのおはなし |
| | The children begged their father to read them a bedtime story. |
| familiar story n | (common situation) | よくある話 名
HHiraganaよくあるはなし |
| | It's a familiar story; she came to New York to be a star on Broadway and ended up on the streets. |
| funny story n | (amusing anecdote, joke) | 面白い話、笑い話 名
HHiraganaおもしろいはなし、わらいばなし |
| | He told us a funny story about his holiday in Thailand. |
| ghost story n | (tale of the supernatural) | 幽霊物語 名
HHiraganaゆうれいものがたり |
| | They sat around the fire and told ghost stories to each other. |
| good story n | (entertaining account, anecdote) | 面白い逸話 名
HHiraganaおもしろいいつわ |
| | It wasn't much fun when it happened, but it makes a good story now. |
| good story n | (good piece of fiction) | 興味深い［いい］話［物語］ 名
HHiraganaきょうみぶかい［いい］はなし［ものがたり］ |
| | I read a good story by Carol Shields last week. |
| human interest story n | (news item about people's lives) | 三面記事 名
HHiraganaさんめんきじ |
| | | 孤独な心 名
HHiraganaこどくなこころ |
| | It's a human interest story about a boy who successfully battled against cancer. |
| likely story n | informal (account considered dubious or untrue) | ありそうな話 名
HHiraganaありそうなはなし |
| | Are you telling me you never heard the phone? That's a likely story! |
| love story n | (story about a romantic relationship) | ラブストーリー、恋物語 名
HHiraganaらぶすとーりー、こいものがたり |
| | "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragic love story. |
| moral of the story n | (ethical lesson in a fable or story) | お話の教訓 名
HHiraganaおはなしのきょうくん |
| | In the tale of the tortoise and the hare, the slow tortoise wins the race - the moral of the story is that steady persistence wins in the end. |
| moral of the story n | figurative (lesson to be learned from [sth]) | 教訓 名
HHiraganaきょうくん |
| | The engine blew up after a week so the moral of the story is not to buy a really cheap second-hand car. |
multi-story (US),
multi-storey (UK) n as adj | (building: with levels) | 多層の，高層の 形
HHiraganaたそうの，こうそうの |
| short story n | (written fiction shorter than a novella) (文学) | 短編小説 名
HHiraganaたんぺんしょうせつ |
| | He wrote short stories about people living in rural areas. |
short story writer,
short-story writer n | (author of short fiction) | 短編小説家 名
HHiraganaたんぺんしょうせつか |
| | Edgar Allan Poe was a famous 19th-century American short story writer. |
| | エドガーアランポーは19世紀の有名なアメリカ人短編小説家だ。 |
| story writer n | (author of prose fiction) (文学) | 小説家 名
HHiraganaしょうせつか |
| | I want to be a story writer when I grow up. |
storyline,
story line,
story-line n | (fiction: plot, story) (小説など) | ストーリー展開、筋、プロット 名
HHiraganaすとーりーてんかい、すじ、ぷろっと |
| | I found the storyline of “War and Peace” really difficult to follow. |
| success story n | figurative (real-life example of [sb] succeeding) | サクセスストーリー、成功体験談 名
HHiraganaさくせすすとーりー、せいこうたいけんだん |
| tell a story v expr | (recite a narrative) | 物語［話］を聞かせる 動詞句
HHiraganaものがたり［はなし］をきかせる |
| | The children asked their grandfather to tell them a story. |
| tell a story v expr | figurative (reflect events) | 物語る 自動
HHiraganaものがたる |
| | Every picture tells a story. |
three-story apartment (US),
three-storey apartment (UK) n | (flat with three floors) | 3階建てアパート 名
HHiraganaさんかいだてあぱーと |
| top story n | (headline news item) | トップストーリー、主要トピック、主要ニュース 名
HHiraganaとっぷすとーりー、しゅようとぴっく、しゅようにゅーす |
| true story n | (account of a real-life experience) | 実話 名
HHiraganaじつわ |
upper story,
plural: upper stories (US),
upper storey,
plural: upper storeys (UK) n | (building: higher floor) | 上階 名
HHiraganaじょうかい |