物語る

ものがたる · monogataru · JLPT N2 · verb-godan

to tell

📖 物語 (story) + 語る (to speak) = to tell; the evidence speaks = to indicate

物 means thing and 語る means to speak, so 物語る is a thing that speaks: evidence tells its own story and so indicates. It shares the root of 物語, a story.

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