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View 話 kanji details →Results for “話”
talk, speech, chat, conversation; topic, subject; discussions, negotiation, argument
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
to talk, to speak, to converse, to chat; to tell, to explain, to narrate, to mention, to describe, to discuss; to speak (a language)
topic, subject; much talked about, topical, in the news, hot
to discuss, to talk together
discussion, talk, tête-à-tête, conference
spoken language, colloquial expression
speaking voice, talking voice
to be deep in talk
way of talking, speaking style
to address (someone), to accost a person, to talk (to someone); to begin to talk, to start a conversation
- 話し手はなして
speaker; one who is skilled at speaking
- 話法わほう
parlance, manner of speaking, art of conversation; narration, speech, discourse
- 話術わじゅつ
art of conversation
- 話者わしゃ
speaker, narrator; speaker (of a language)
- 話芸わげい
(the art of) storytelling
- 話柄わへい
topic, subject
- 話頭わとう
topic, subject
- 話し好きはなしずき
talkative person, gossip
- 話のたねはなしのたね
topic of conversation
- 話々はなしばなし
small talk
- 話し甲斐はなしがい
worth talking to
- 話のわかるはなしのわかる
down to earth, reasonable
- 話が付くはなしがつく
to come to an agreement
- 話し振りはなしぶり
one's way of talking
- 話題を振るわだいをふる
to bring up a subject
- 話し上手は聞き上手はなしじょうずはききじょうず
good talkers make good listeners
- 話題化わだいか
topicalization
- 話し中はなしちゅう
busy (phone); in talks, discussion underway
- 話し出すはなしだす
to begin talking, to open up
- 話し上手はなしじょうず
being good at conversation, conversationalist, good talker
- 話下手はなしべた
poor talker
- 話を盛るはなしをもる
to exaggerate
- 話がわかるはなしがわかる
down to earth, reasonable, able to deal with
- 話を振るはなしをふる
to bring up a subject, to touch on a matter
- 話の先はなしのさき
sequel of a story
- 話を遮るはなしをさえぎる
to interrupt (a person)
- 話し始めるはなしはじめる
to begin to speak
- 話し相手はなしあいて
person with whom to speak, someone to talk to, companion, advisor, adviser
- 話をそらすはなしをそらす
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)