話 (はなし) — talk, story

話はなし talk

Frequency #40 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 1 character noun

hanashi

はなし

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. はなし[3] odaka 尾高

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Meanings

talk
story

Explained in simple Japanese

ことばで人(ひと)に思(おも)いをつたえること。
人(ひと)に聞(き)かせたり読(よ)ませたりするできごと。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

はなし話 talk

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話(はな)す hanasu to speak 電(でん)話(わ) denwa telephone お話(はなし) ohanashi talk 話(わ)題(だい) wadai topic お世(せ)話(わ) osewa care 会(かい)話(わ) kaiwa conversation 対(たい)話(わ) taiwa dialogue 話(はな)し合(あ)い hanashiai discussion

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Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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