Talk; the act or content of speaking or reciting (such as a recital or spoken presentation).
彼の語りは聴衆を一気に引き込んだ。
His storytelling immediately drew the audience in.
民話の語りを子どもたちに聞かせた。
I told the children a folk tale.
朗読会で語りを担当した。
I was in charge of the recitation at the reading event.
Narration; the storytelling voice or perspective within a work (the narrator's tone or viewpoint).
この小説は一人称語りで進む。
This novel proceeds in first-person narration.
映画の語りが時系列を複雑にしている。
The film's narration makes the chronology complex.
作者の語り口が読者を惹きつける。
The author's narrative voice attracts readers.
A topic or subject of telling; the matter that is told or discussed (the subject/theme of a narrative).
彼女の語りの中心は戦時中の記憶だった。
The focus of her account was memories from the wartime period.
今日の語りは地域の伝統行事についてだ。
Today's talk is about local traditional events.