myth

IPA(Pronunciation)

/mɪθ/

Noun

uncountable

A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.

Japanese Meaning

神話 / 古来から伝わる信仰や伝説に基づいた物語 / 自然界の力や魂などが擬人化された神聖な物語 / 神や英雄、世界・民族の起源に関する叙事詩的な物語

What is this buttons?

The myth of the river goddess explained why the villagers respected its seasonal floods.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

川の女神に関する神話は、村人たちが季節ごとの氾濫を敬っていた理由を説明している。

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Sense（1）

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Sense（2）

(uncountable) Such stories as a genre.

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Sense（3）

A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.

Okay, okay, okay… First, of course, babies feel pain. How the fuck did we ever think otherwise⁉ But more importantly, the fact that painkillers are addictive was not a myth. It’s like a book of Greek mythology featuring the stories of Zeus, Sisyphus, Oedipus and Yanni. Come on! That last one is very real and it cannot be dismissed.

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