(rare) Alternative form of おとぎ話

love (in both senses of loving a friend or family member and a partner romantically) / very (most) favorite

nursing / attending / entertainer

relieving one of boredom with a story; also, such a person / attending one in their bedroom; also, such a person / nursing or taking care of a person; also, such a person

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her, girlfriend

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)

(literary) they (about women or girls)

to read (look at and interpret written text) / to read (speak aloud written text) / to infer; to speculate / to count

reading / (figuratively) understanding of something, speculation about something

negotiation; consultation; discussion / rumors; rumours / lecture; speech / talking; speaking; speech; conversation / story; tale; narrative / a topic; a subject; that which is spoken about