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JLPT N5 · Noun

話 (hanashi)

話 (はなし, hanashi) is a Japanese noun meaning “talk; speech”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はなし
Romaji
hanashi
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. talk; speech; chat; conversation · noun
  2. topic; subject · noun
  3. discussions; negotiation; argument · noun
  4. rumor; talk; hearsay · noun
  5. tale; story; fable · noun

Example sentences

人の話に水を差さないでくれ。
Don't throw a wet blanket over our conversation.
Tatoeba #144570
彼は不愉快な話を２時間もした。
He dwelt on an unpleasant subject for two hours.
Tatoeba #100447
３時間議論したが、我々は話がまとまらなかった。
After three hours of discussion we got nowhere.
Tatoeba #235311

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 話

話
tale, talkワ・はな.す・はなし · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 話.

電話でんわtelephone call話すはなすto talk会話かいわconversation世話せわcare話題わだいtopic話し合うはなしあうto discuss神話しんわmyth童話どうわchildren's story受話器じゅわき(telephone) receiver話合いはなしあいdiscussion話し合いはなしあいdiscussion話し掛けるはなしかけるto address (someone)話中はなしちゅうbusy (phone)対話たいわdialogue

Source: JMdict entry 1600900 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.