Rumor - Rumor

Japanese: 噂 - うわさ

〘noun〙① To talk behind people's backs about things or people's lives. Also, the story. ※Toraakirahon Kyogen, Kuchiman (late Muromachi period - early modern period) "That person always spreads rumors about other people, pretending to be something or other." ② A story that spreads among the public. A rumor. A hearsay. Public opinion. ※Joruri, Sonezaki Shinju (1703), Doyuki "I will no longer be included in the list of rumors, and will not be sung about in the world." ③ An abbreviation of "Uwasazuke (rumor-attached)." ※Haikai, Kawafune Tokumanzai (1653) "In the old and middle ages, renga in haiku also had back-attached, usage -attached , agreement, and the previous verse, and only one verse was not mentioned."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 物事や人の身の上についてかげで話をすること。また、その話。※虎明本狂言・口真似（室町末‐近世初）「あの人はそうじて人のうわさを、なんのかのとよそへもいていはるるげなが」② 世間で言いふらす話。風説。風聞。世評。※浄瑠璃・曾根崎心中（1703）道行「我もうはさのかずに入り、世にうたはれん」③ 「うわさづけ（噂付）」の略。※俳諧・河船徳万歳（1653）「俳諧の連哥も中昔のは、うしろ付、用付(ゆうづけ)、同意、前句のうはさ、一句のことはりたたざる事のみあり」

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