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The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population. / (by extension) The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.

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folklore

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Source Word

folklore

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfəʊk.lɔː/

Noun

countable uncountable broadly

Japanese Meaning

ある民族や集団に伝わる伝説、物語、迷信、慣習、伝統などの民間伝承

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The village's folklore tells of a hidden spring that heals the sick.

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その村の物語や伝説、迷信や風習には、病を癒すとされる隠れた泉の話が伝わっている。

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The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.

[…] there is no true American music but the wild sweet melodies of the Negro slave; the American fairy tales and folk-lore are Indian and African; and, all in all, we black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.

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