逸話

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 逸話 is a noun read いつわ, meaning a short, memorable anecdote about a person or event.
• Basic usage: It can be an unexpected anecdote about a composer or an episode from a grandfather's youth heard from family.
  • 先生は作曲家の意外な逸話を紹介した。 says that the teacher shared an unexpected anecdote about the composer; 祖父の若い頃の逸話を家族から聞いた。 says that the speaker heard a story about the grandfather's youth from the family.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 作曲家の逸話
  • の links the anecdote to the composer it concerns.
• 家族から聞く
  • から marks the family as the source from which the anecdote was heard.
• 逸話 and 物語
  • 逸話 is a short episode associated with a person or event, while 物語 broadly denotes a story with a developed narrative.